The Voices of Napa Since 1994
For over 26 years, Fernando Candelario has created some of the most treasured Napa Valley wines. Inspired by his passion and expertise in producing 100% varietal wines, he launched Voces Cellars in 2002. Voces focuses exclusively on locally sourced, boutique wine. Before creating Voces Cellars, he worked with a number of world-renowned wineries like Robert Mondavi Winery and T-Vine Cellars with Calistoga vintner Greg Brown. Brown and Candelario produced 4,200 cases a year of varietals like Grenache, Zinfandel, Syrah, Chardonnay and Petite Sirah, from old vines. His T-Vine Cellar wines were even lured at a presidential dinner in 2001. Voces Cellars is the culmination of Candelario’s decades of experience in nurturing Napa Valley wines. Voces wines are produced in small, boutique batches with grapes of the highest quality, sourced locally in the Napa Valley.
Candelario’s approach to winemaking is meticulous. After carefully observing the growth process on the vine, he ages the wine in American and French oak barrels for 12-18 months. Many times he will cellar the wines for an additional 2-4 years after that. All Voces wines speak with the purity of a single varietal. Under Fernando’s care there is no need to blend with other grapes. Vpces wines are the true expression of the terroir and climate of Napa Valley.
“My philosophy is simple, I make fruit forward wines that are pleasing winemaking processes and not interfering too much with what the vineyard has given me.”
Voces Cellars Origin
Voces Cellars wines are 100% Frediani. The Frediani family has been growing grapes in Napa Valley since the 1898, and these particular vines were planted by the Frediani family in the 1935. Jim Frediani is a third-generation Italian grower, from a family line of one of Napa's first wine farming families.