Avant Red
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled burgers, wood-fired pepperoni pizza, roasted pork tenderloin
✨ Technical Specifications
Kendall-Jackson's Avant Red Blend represents a modern, expressive approach to California winemaking, designed to be vibrant, fruit-forward, and immediately accessible. The name 'Avant' hints at its avant-garde, contemporary style, breaking away from heavily oaked, traditional California reds. Sourced from cool coastal vineyards across California, this blend is crafted to showcase fresh, bright fruit flavors. Winemakers utilize a combination of stainless steel fermentation and neutral oak aging to preserve the primary fruit characters of dark berries, plum, and subtle spice. This approach highlights the diverse terroir of California's coastal regions, offering a smooth, velvety texture and an approachable profile that appeals to both novice wine lovers and seasoned enthusiasts looking for an everyday red.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1982 by Jess Jackson, Kendall-Jackson has evolved into one of the most recognizable icons of California viticulture while remaining under family stewardship led by Barbara Banke. Operating out of the Russian River Valley with the Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate & Gardens in Santa Rosa, the producer farms estate vineyard parcels spanning prime coastal terroirs across Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Monterey, and Santa Barbara counties. These ocean-moderated appellations benefit from cooling marine fogs, gravelly alluvial deposits, and long, slow growing seasons. Viticulture emphasizes certified sustainable standards under CCSW and SIP guidelines. Winemaking showcases precision blending, micro-lot fermentations, and thoughtful French and American oak regimes designed to preserve vibrant orchard fruit while cultivating rounded textural richness. The estate is globally synonymous with its flagship Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay, while single-vineyard and sub-regional tier bottlings—such as the Jackson Estate Chardonnay series and Stature Chardonnay—exemplify site-driven, benchmark California whites.