Our Premier Wine Collection

2008 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
The fruit for our cabernet is sourced from a fine single vineyard site on top of Diamond Mountain. The grapes were hand-harvested in mid October, destemmed and
transferred to closed-top fermenters where the skins and juice remained in contact for an extended maceration. The juice was then pressed off and moved directly to French oak barrels, 75% of which were new, for 21 months of ageing. The wine displays notes of wild blackberries and blueberries, crème de cassis, licorice, nutmeg and cocoa. On the palate, it demonstrates wonderful grippy fine-grained tannins

2009 "Maestro” Anderson Valley Pinot Noir
The fruit for this wine comes from Roma’s Vineyard, located at 1850 feet on a mountaintop ridge overlooking the heart of Anderson Valley. Roma’s Vineyard is perfectly situated to take full advantage of warm sun and cooler daytime temperatures; this combination allows the grapes an extended period of time to develop their intense flavors whilst preserving their great natural acidity. The vineyard is both sustainably and organically farmed and the vines are approaching their 20th year. The grapes were hand- harvested on October 3rd, destemmed into open-top fermenters with manual daily punch-downs. This form of handling is the best method to gently extract flavor and supple tannins from the grapes. The wine was then aged in French oak barrels, approximately 40% of which were new, for 11 months. The wine demonstrates concentrated aromas and flavors wild berries, bing cherries, rose petals, and cinnamon, underlain by great natural acidity and silky fine tannins.

2009 Anderson Valley Chardonnay
The fruit for this wine comes from the Monument Tree Vineyard, a wonderful cool climate site at an elevation of 300 feet on the eastern edge of the Anderson Valley.
Organically farmed grapes were hand-harvested on October 11th and then whole-cluster pressed into French oak barrels, approximately 35% of which were new. Both alcoholic and malolactic fermentation occurred naturally in the barrel and the resultant wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered. The wine has great natural acidity, an underlying minerality and a lovely creamy mouthfeel. The predominant flavors are of
baked apples, lemon curd and quince.