About Our Wines
Eagle Eye wines are made by hand to have soft tannins so they may be enjoyed young. This approach allows us to make a balanced wine that has complexity and structure which also allows the wine to age beautifully.
All of our wines are small lots of blended varietals. Mother Nature never gives us the same climatic conditions from year to year. Blends allow us to achieve the same taste profile while taking advantage of the best grapes nature provides us for that year. Our fruit forward style with acids in check is another major benefit achieved through blending. We then use new and seasoned French oak barrels to refine our wines without dominating them with vanilla and tannins. Ninety plus percent of wine drinkers open their wine within hours of purchase which is why they prefer wine blends. Our most popular wine is a red blend we call “Voluptuous.” It is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Zinfandel, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.
To help us achieve our wine making objectives we use 2 different winemakers. The first is John Gibson who has been making wines for 20 years for the likes of Stags Leap and Vine Cliff and many others. We keep each varietal separate during barrel aging. We then take the separate varietals to White Cottage Ranch winery where the owner/winemaker, Dennis John works with us to develop our final blends. Roxanne, Dennis and Bill will then spend up to 90 days to make each blend.
Along with our own grapes we use grapes and wine from our friends here in the Napa Valley. The diverse farming practices and winemaking styles along with terroir differences add to the uniqueness of Eagle Eye.
Roxanne is the artist whose original art is now our labels on Eagle Eye wines. Each varietal has a different piece of art chosen to reflect the wine in the bottle. Roxanne’s story behind the art goes like this…” Since moving to the Napa Valley in 1989 from the east coast, I heartily embraced the lifestyle by attending wine auctions and events, visiting wineries, learning about wines and loving the ambiance. My husband and I became so enthralled that we decided to grow wine. Having always been an avid people watcher, I also became an avid birds of prey watcher while on our young vineyard. I began to see the wine event attendees’ personalities merge with the birds of prey attitudes and my characters took flight. I have many “Life is too short to _____” philosophies and one is “Life is too short not to find humor everywhere.”