177 Cases Produced
Tasting Notes: This wine offers a perfumed, juicy, dark nose of black cherry, cedar, mandarin zest, violets, fresh tobacco, and new leather. The juicy palate has a wonderful weight and balance, with ultra fine tannins, effortless length and flavors of plum, dark cherry, clove, carob, and violet. Drinking beautifully now, this wine is best consumed in the short term.
Blend: 3 clones, 45% Calera, 42% Pommard, 13% VR. Fermented in a stainless steel open top tank, with 45% whole cluster fermentation.
AVA: Sonoma Coast, Silver Eagle Vineyard
Aged: 10 months in 100% French oak, 33% new
Winemaker: Helen Keplinger
Winemaker Notes: The summer leading up to the 2021 harvest was ideal, with warm days and cool nights, and no intense heat spikes to speak of. The continuing drought and a few weather events during bud break limited yields, but the quality is very high. Small concentrated berries yield intense flavorful wines. Though small in volume the 2021 harvest is mighty in quality.