We believe in producing intensely flavored and yet balanced wines. Our definition of balance relates to beautiful and lush aromatics, a sensuous and saturating mid palate, and a lengthy captivating finish – a complete wine from start to finish. These are the wines we enjoy drinking and sharing with friends and family. The majority of our wines are offered to our mailing list friends. Please sign up and join the mailing list to acquire an allocation of our next release of Pinot Noirs & Chardonnays.
For the calendar year of 2023, we will offer five very limited and special pinot noirs and two limited production chardonnays to our mailing list friends from the 2021 vintage. We release our Russian River Valley wines in the spring release and Sonoma Coast wines in the fall release. True to our form, these wines are intense, yet elegant, and delicious. Our mailing list friends will receive full details and updates in the release newsletter (emailed with the Save the Date reminder) and via email during the release periods. Thank you for the interest in our wines. As a small family winery, your support means the world to us and we couldn’t do it without you!
2021 SONOMA COAST PINOT NOIR
Release Date: October 2023
Cases Produced: 450
Cases Available to the Mailing List: 300
Alcohol: 14.6%
Time in Barrel: 17 months, 45% new, 35% once used, and 20% neutral
Recommended Drinking Time: Now to 10 years from release. Should you open a bottle early, please decant or allow to breathe for an hour for maximum enjoyment.
Tasting Notes: The calm season and dry conditions ushered the grapes to phenolic ripeness without compromising either aromatics or acidity. As such, the resulting wines are deep and intense. Fresh crushed dark berries dominate the aromatics. The midpalate is laced with briary black and blue fruit with minerality and richness. All of which leads to a long, creamy finish with overlapping blue fruit, and savory spices. This is an intense, yet complex wine, fresh, and elegant. Truly delicious and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
2021 FLORA MARIE VINEYARD CHARDONNAY, SONOMA COAST
Release Date: October 2023
Cases Produced: On the label 138, actual was 83 cases
Cases Available to the Mailing List: 75
Alcohol: 14.9%
Time in Barrel: 11 months, 75% new French oak & 25% once used French oak
Recommended Drinking Time: 6 months to 5 years from release. Should you wish to open a bottle early, please decant or allow to breathe for an hour for maximum enjoyment.
Tasting Notes: This vineyard was one of the last plantings by the late and great Ulysses Valdez Sr., one of Sonoma’s most renowned vineyard managers. Our little block is about 1/2 of an acre and it routinely yields a whopping 1-1.5 tons of tiny, delicate, and intensely flavored (Montrachet clone) chardonnay grapes. Aromatics of honeysuckle blend with fresh baked croissant and hazelnut. This wine is creamy and more decadent than our other Chardonnays. But not too much, just the right amount with a kiss of oak & minerality. It is unfiltered and unfined, which adds to the mouth feel and viscosity. Notes of citrus blossoms and honey/drawn butter round out the lengthy finish. It’s unctuous and firm, and caressing - a delicious Chardonnay.
2021 RESILIENCE PINOT NOIR, STA. RITA HILLS
Release Date: October 2023
Cases Produced: On the label 160, actual was 138
Cases Available to the Mailing List: 125
Alcohol: 14.3%
Time in Barrel: 17 months, 45% new, 35% once used, and 20% neutral
Recommended Drinking Time: Now to 10 years from release. Should you open a bottle early, please decant or allow to breathe for an hour for maximum enjoyment.
Tasting Notes: Curvaceous and sultry. Hints of pomegranate and wild raspberry on the nose. The midpalate is awash with a wave of rich strawberry and notes of cream…reminiscent of a decadent strawberry shortcake with homemade whip cream and a hint of orange zest. Unfiltered and unfined, the silky fruit textures soak in, caress, and slide effortlessly to the back of the palate. Pound cake comes to mind with hints of vanilla, and subtle baking spices that meld with the beautiful fresh, wild strawberry fruit into a lengthy finish. Stunning.
2021 TRUTH & VALOR PROPRIETARY BLEND PINOT NOIR, SONOMA COAST
Release Date: October 2023
Cases Produced: 210
Cases Available to the Mailing List: 180
Alcohol: 14.6%
Time in Barrel: 18 months, 50% new French oak & 50% once used French oak
Recommended Drinking Time: 6 months to 5 years from release. Should you wish to open a bottle early (as we all have been doing lately), please decant or allow to breathe for an hour for maximum enjoyment.
Tasting Notes: Pure and focused. It’s a laser beam of delicious flavor. While the Sonoma Coast appellation pinot noir is more complex, this bottling is from two high altitude vineyards and is more focused. A bit more tannin, but an expansive mouthful of fruit. It’s big and yet delicate. The overwhelming flavors of blue berry are undeniable. Pure and blue, with a touch of boysenberry. It’s unfiltered and unfined. The intensity of flavors unites and delivers a silky/lengthy finish that lingers on…and on…
