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Tom and John Jordan in winter 2005, not long after John took the reins.

passing the torch From the start, Tom believed in sourcing fruit from our estate. Simply put,
Tom wanted Jordan wines to be a reflection of the best wine we could make from our own vineyards, which followed
the Bordeaux first growth model—a model built by chateaux whose proprietors owned and controlled their
own vineyards. From our first vintage in 1976 to our last estate wine in 1993, we felt that we had achieved our goal of
making a Bordeaux-style wine that was equally balanced with fruit and tannin.
But after a phylloxera scourge on the estate in 1993, we realized that not all of our vineyard blocks contributed to the
quality of fruit we desired. As we explored other vineyards during the estate’s replanting, we realized that there were
sites that offered fruit with even greater depth than some of our own.
In 2005, Tom decided it was time to turn over the day-to-day operations to his son, John. I remembered watching John
in the winery when he was seven, tromping up the stairs with a toothbrush in his mouth and thinking, “Well, I guess I’ll
never see that kid grow up.” Now that same boy was about to become my boss. I anticipated that there would be changes.

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