THE WINERY
The Francis Ford Coppola Winery was established in 2006 in Sonoma County, California to celebrate wine, food, and adventure. Our winery is a place where guests can enjoy new wine experiences, have fun with friends and family, be entertained, and savor life’s simple pleasures.

FRANCIS COPPOLA RESERVE
In keeping with the Coppola promise to make every visit to the winery memorable and unique, we’ve created the Francis Coppola Reserve label—limited-production wines that showcase distinctive vineyards from Sonoma’s renowned appellations. Our Director of Winemaking, Corey Beck, hand-selects exceptional lots of fruit from these prestigious vineyards for crafting small-batch wines exclusively for winery guests, wine club members, and those who shop with us online. Each lot is crushed, fermented, and aged separately through the final blending stage to ensure the finished wine is worthy of the ‘Reserve’ title.

THE LABEL
The artwork of film production designer Dean Tavoularis graces the labels of our FC Reserve wines. Tavoularis met Francis Coppola during the making of The Godfather and the two artists have continued to collaborate over the years on a variety of creative projects, including more than a dozen films, the courtyard and fountain of Rubicon Estate in Napa Valley, and the interiors and exteriors of the Francis Ford Coppola Winery in Sonoma.

MOUNTS VINEYARD
Located on the western bench lands of northern Dry Creek Valley, Mounts Vineyard experiences cool, foggy mornings and rather hot days. Because there is a substantial difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures, the growing season lasts longer, so the grapes mature more slowly. This, along with a high level of organic material in the alluvial silt and clay loam soils, accentuates the jammy, dark fruit flavors of Syrah.

THE WINE
Francis Coppola Reserve 2007 Mounts Vineyard Syrah is co-fermented with a small percentage of Viognier to lift the aromatics and help accentuate this varietal’s bright-magenta color. 2007 was an ideal vintage, delivering consistently warm weather during the extended season, which resulted in true physiological ripeness of the grapes and excellent balance. Loaded with rich, succulent flavors of black cherries, raspberries, and plums, the sweet fruit is accented with a smoky edge and alluring notes of cloves and anise. Smooth, ripe tannins support a long seductive finish.

Appellation: Dry Creek Valley
Blend: 97% Syrah, 3% Viognier
Alcohol: 14.5%
Aged: 20 months in 50% new French oak and 50% 1-year-old French oak barrels