{"id":1234,"date":"2023-03-01T18:30:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T18:30:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:53:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:53:57","slug":"day-tasting-wine-alexander-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.boredmom.com\/?p=1234","title":{"rendered":"A Day Tasting Wine in Alexander Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"
Having exactly one full day to tour around Sonoma and do some wine tasting, I knew we had to have laser focus when planning our agenda. As the Sonoma area is rather large, we decided to focus on the Alexander Valley area.<\/div>\n

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The Alexander Valley wine region was first settled by the Wappos, a Native American tribe, in the 18th century. The first European settlers arrived in the 19th century, and the first vineyards were planted in the 1870s. The Alexander Valley then became a major wine region in the 1960s and 1970s, and today it is one of the most important wine regions in California!<\/p>\n

Known for its Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Chardonnay wines, the Alexander Valley has a Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our first stop of the day was at the\u00a0Robert Young Estate. I had previous tasted some wines from Robert Young at the San Diego Bay Food & Wine Festival, so I was excited to actually go and see where the magic happens. And, it just so happens, the Robert Young Estate is a magical place on earth. A beautiful estate home and crisp white barn overlook the valley of vines that produce their wine as well as many other vintners in the valley. Robert Young Estate only use approximately 5% of their own fruit and the rest is sold to other high-end wineries in the valley.<\/p>\n

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As they are small production, the list of wines to taste is short but very worthwhile. They produce an excellent creamy fruit Chardonnay, and the red wines are bold and spicy. We especially loved (and took home)\u00a0Bob’s Burn Pile. Huge plum flavors that are balanced with a hint of deep smoke. \u00a0The Robert Young Estate is unique in that it’s still a family owned farm. Having started out as a plum\/prune operation in the late 1800’s by Peter Young, it was not until the 1960’s that Robert Young decided to transition from plums to grapevines.<\/p>\n