3-Bottle Varietal Sampler

Description

Three Bottle Varietal Sampler – 2016 Oakville Cabernet, 2017 Pinot Noir and 2016 Bacigalupi Chardonnay. 

Cabernet: Our 2016 Oakville Cabernet is from the the 360 Vineyard, at the north border of Oakville. It is a gravel and loam soil type on the Valley floor, that while well drained, requires very little water allowing it to follow nature’s lead quite well. The vineyard was planted in the early 2000’s and today is producing wines that are truly world class. Brands sharing in the spoils from 360 include Chappellet, Sojurn, B Cellars, Frank Family, Venge and Darioush to name a few.

Pinot Noir:   Our 2017 Pinot Noir comes from the “Widdoes” Vineyard within Dutton Ranch (outside Sebastopol, California), in the Russian River Valley AVA (Green Valley sub-appellation). Widdoes is a 26 acre vineyard producing wines for our winery as well as Patz&Hall ,Capieux Vineyards, and DuMOL Winery. The resulting wine (Inspired by the classical French Burgundy region where Pinot Noir has been grown since the 14th Century) is medium, full-body in color – with deep berry notes of red & black cherry.

Chardonnay: Our 2016 Chardonnay hails from the Bacigalupi Vineyards on the west side of the Russian River. Located just south of Healdsburg and northwest of Windsor, these vineyards were made famous in 1976 by Mike Grgich when he was Winemaker at Chateau Montelena. The fruit for the prized Chardonnay was harvested from the Bacigalupi Vineyards. The resulting wine won the White Wine Competition at the Judgment of Paris in 1976. (The competition that turned the world of wine upside down. Check out the Alan Rickman movie, “Bottle Shock.”). That vineyard is still producing world class wines, and our vines are more than 60 years old.