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Winemaker Notes
Jax Vineyards is owned by siblings Kimberly and Trent Jackson.
The brother sister duo were inpsired by their father, David who purchased a 28-year old, dry-farmed Calistoga vineyard in 1995. David had no intention of venturing beyond being a vintner. However, his children had different ideas.
Shortly after David purchased the vineyard, his son Trent made his first attempt to make his first vintage by hand picking a second harvest from father’s vineyard. Produced and bottled in his San Francisco garage, his first vintage turned out to be less than stellar. Undaunted, Trent initially partnered with winemaker Gary Galleron for 4 years and now they work with Kirk Venge as their winemaker.
Shortly thereafter, sister Kimberly returned with an MBA from Vanderbilt to join the business. Together the two realized that there was a great opportunity to produce high quality wines, with a chic label, and fair price point. After co-founding the wine club in graduate school, they realized that the next generation is looking for a modern brand, great quality, and a good story.
We started Y3 under JAX in 2005 after we continually sold out of the limited JAX Cabernet Sauvignon. We quickly realized that the time had come to branch out into additional varietals although we did not own vineyards other than those growing Cabernet Sauvignon. As such we decided to launch JAX Y3 representing our varietals that we source from outside vineyards from exceptional appellations for each varietal. This gives us the luxury and liberty to continue the quest to seek the very BEST vineyards for each varietal that we carry under the Y3 label.
