Nicolas & Christina Seillan
I can’t resist beautiful wines and a great love story, and my recent Instagram Live chat with Christina and Nicolas Seillan delivered both. A seventh-generation winemaker, Nicolas is the vigneron at Château Lassègue in Bordeaux and manages production with his wife, Christina. Back in the USA, his father, Pierre Seillan and his daughter Hélène are the winemaker and assistant winemaker at Vérité in Sonoma. Both wineries are a joint venture with Jackson Family Wines. And if you ever doubted the power of wine to bring people together, Nicolas and Christina met when he addressed a wine group that she belonged to -- the Yale Law Wine Society.
During our chat, we discussed the history of both wineries, the common threads between the wines that the family produces in Bordeaux and Sonoma, and why we shouldn’t overthink wine and lose sight that “wine is something that’s meant to be enjoyed and shared.” To watch the entire conversation, click the video above, or watch on IGTV, or YouTube.
While chatting, we sipped Lassègue Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2016 ($60) and Vérité Le Désir 2016 ($425). Both red blends are bold and elegant with an authentic sense of place and examples of meticulous and passionate winemaking.
