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Karl Lawrence
Two very close friends with a common dream of producing a fine wine founded Karl Lawrence Cellars in 1991. The name "Karl Lawrence" comes from combining the middle names of the two founding partners: Michael Karl Trujillo and Bryan Lawrence Henry. Our venture together will have the common goal of producing a unique and outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon wine from the wonderful Napa Valley.
Michael's background in the wine industry goes back to 1982. While involved in his college studies in Colorado, a spring break from school had him traveling to Napa Valley to visit his friend, Jim Allen. Jim and his Brother Steve were busy replanting vineyards and constructing their winery, Sequoia grove Winery. With Michael's farming and ranching background, working in the vineyards and in the construction of Jim's winery fit right in. A short visit soon turned into a few weeks, and a few weeks turned into months and before long Michael ventured into his new career of winemaking. Along with the academic studies from the University of Davis and Napa Valley college, Michael had the great opportunity to work closely with many great winemakers such as Andre Tchelistcheff. Today, Michael is the winemaker for Karl Lawrence Cellars as well as Associate winemaker for Sequoia Grove Winery.
Bryan was born in Napa and raised in Santa Rosa, which is just over the Mayacamus mountain range from Napa. At times he worked in the vineyards while majoring in biology at Napa's own Pacific Union College, where he graduated in 1973. He went on to study medicine and specialized in obstetrics and gynecology, joining partners in Glendale, where he had completed his residency training. Bryan returned to the Napa Valley, in 1986, to open his own practice in St. Helena. Being back home and having a successful practice soon had Bryan planting his own vineyards and talking of producing great wine.
Bryan's younger brother, Ric (he's actually bigger), joined the winery a few years after it started. He was also born in Napa and raised in Santa Rosa. And like Bryan, he graduated from Pacific Union College in 1973 with a degree in social work. He moved away for graduate and doctoral studies and took a position as the administrator of the social work department at Loma Linda University Medical Center. While there, his wife, Cheryl, graduated in medicine and specialized in obstetrics and gynecology at Glendale. Ric's and Cheryl's return home, to partnership with Bryan, coincided with the birth of their third child. So after thirteen years of work, it only seemed natural that Ric become a full-time househusband. This also gave him the opportunity to write screenplays, several of which have won awards at Film Festivals. Today, Ric continues to raise the kids, write, and ship Karl Lawrence wines to our customers
Fruit from the Morisoli Vineyard shows great Cabernet character and yields a well-rounded wine with intense aroma and flavor, and lends a rich smooth feel to the finished wine. Another vineyard selection is the Lamb Family Vineyard. This hillside mountain vineyard on Howell Mountain produces a more intense and concentrated ... more
BN#158472
The grapes are hand harvested at their optimum maturity and delivered to the winery. Crushed to open top fermenters where they undergo fermentation. After fermentation is complete the wine is then aged for twenty months in French oak barrels. The wines are then carefully blended to achieve optimum balance and ... more
BN#201787
The grapes are hand harvested at their optimum maturity and delivered to the winery. Crushed to open top fermenters where they undergo fermentation. After fermentation is complete the wine is then aged for twenty months in French oak barrels. The wines are then carefully blended to achieve optimum balance and ... more
BN#235266
The wine is forward, powerful and up-front, giving way to a complex, firm, well-structured wine. Bold, forward aromas of black currant, spice, and bitter sweet chocolate. The flavors are unblushing and densely packed, showing plenty of the black fruits, jam, chocolate, licorice and spice. A bit more tannin structure than ... more
BN#144180
To produce a fine wine it is absolutely necessary to have the finest grapes. Karl Lawrence is very proud of its grape sources and the relationships with the growers that grow them. Michael has many years of winemaking experience with grapes from many areas of the Napa Valley. It is ... more
BN#232875
The grapes are hand harvested at their optimum maturity and delivered to the winery. Crushed to open top fermenters where they undergo fermentation. After fermentation is complete the wine is then aged for twenty months in French oak barrels. The wines are then carefully blended to achieve optimum balance and ... more
BN#282697
All sizes are 750mL unless otherwise noted.
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