This light, balanced and well-structured wine from a slight elevation shows a depth of juicy strawberry built along supple tannins .
The 2021 Pinot Noir Van der Kamp Vineyard is bursting with inviting scents of raspberry, strawberry and wild cherries with touches of orange peel and dried lavender. The medium-bodied palate is just as intense, offering waves of berry, citrus and botanica...
Only 400 cases made. In a relative sense. Yes, the fruit here is gloriously dark and deep and is wrapped in aromas and flavors of exotic spice, incense, rose petals and more. And the mouth feel is velvety, broad, and luscious, with the ripe, spiced, frui...
A small fraction of the reds are bottled without any added sulfur and go to specific customers, but it's not a commercial wine. I tasted one of those bottles: the 2021 Els Escurçons. It is pretty, pale, perfumed, ethereal, vibrant and clean, with no fault...
I really love the perfume of the 2021 Zinfandel Highwire Vineyard, which has the scent of walking into the forest after a fresh rainfall. Pouring a saturated ruby-purple, notes of blackberry, candied raspberry, and forest herbs are followed by a medium to...
Pouring a deeper ruby/magenta color, the 2022 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley is ripe and layered in the glass, with a generous, inviting, pure perfume of black cherries, cola, sweet baking spice, and forest floor. Medium-bodied, it has a lot of charm and...
A more opulent style with a richer golden hue, the 2021 Chardonnay Sevens Bench Vineyard takes on more tropical ripe fruits in its notes of golden pineapple, baking spice, and orange zest. Full-bodied, with a rich yet clean, viscous texture, ripe peach, h...