BDX
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2034
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted prime rib, grilled lamb chops with rosemary, or aged hard cheeses such as Gouda or Cheddar.
✨ Technical Specifications
Robert Mondavi founded his namesake winery in 1966 with a bold vision to create Napa Valley wines that could stand alongside the greatest estates of Europe. The BDX Red Blend is a direct tribute to this pioneering spirit and the classic blends of Bordeaux. Sourced primarily from the coveted, sun-drenched vineyards of Oakville, including the legendary To Kalon Vineyard, this wine is a masterclass in blending. It typically leads with Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, supported by Merlot and Petit Verdot. The terroir features well-drained gravelly soils and a unique microclimate of warm days and cooling marine fog, yielding grapes with intense concentration and structured tannins. Aged extensively in French oak barrels, the BDX represents a harmonious marriage of Old World structure and New World fruit intensity, carrying forward Mondavi's legacy of elegance and innovation.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1966 by California wine pioneer Robert Mondavi, this landmark estate catalyzed the post-Prohibition renaissance of Napa Valley fine wine. Anchored by the historic Mission-style winery designed by Cliff May, the heart of the estate lies in Oakville's famed To Kalon Vineyard, situated along an alluvial fan of well-drained gravelly loam beneath the Mayacamas Range. Here, warm diurnal shifts and cooling maritime drafts foster phenolic ripeness while preserving structural acidity. Guided by Director of Winemaking Kurtis Ogasawara, viticulture emphasizes rigorous ecological stewardship, highlighted by the CCOF organic certification of its core To Kalon acreage. The winemaking philosophy balances European classicism with Californian generosity, using temperature-controlled fermentation, French oak elevage, and careful plot-by-plot separation. The estate is celebrated for pioneering benchmark dry Fumé Blanc—including ancient ungrafted bush vines from the legendary I Block—and quintessential Napa Valley and To Kalon Vineyard Reserve Cabernet Sauvignons.