PURLIEU
Purlieu — “the edge of the forest” or “an outlying area” — is a reference to our home base in the new Coombsville AVA, at the edge of the forest and the Napa Valley.
And the objective is always balance: healthy fruit at peak ripeness, with power but also with freshness. With balance comes the capacity for wine to age, fascinate and excite.
The Napa Valley is blessed with a dizzying array of soil strata, microclimates and exposures. We’ve sourced the fruit for our flagship Purlieu, and its sister label Le Pich, from a variety of top vineyard sites throughout the Napa Valley. We rely on our strong relationships with the best growers and our ability to walk the vines daily.
Winemaker Julien Fayard and vineyard manager Steve Matthiasson work together to ensure that every cluster on every vine is treated as an individual and receives the precise amount of both nourishment and stress needed to produce perfectly balanced fruit.
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BRYAN LIPA
NATIONAL SALES MANAGER
Traveling the country and selling some of the best cabernet in Napa Valley led him to partner with Scale Wine Group in the early stages of the company. The idea of representing multiple small family owned brands and spreading the word through distribution nationally was something he has grown to love. After 5 years with Scale Wine Group, Bryan ventured off on his own and started Evolve Wine Group in 2021. The idea of focusing on the best of what Napa, Sonoma and surrounding areas has to offer is the idea behind the company.