Goodbye Summer, Hello Harvest Parties!
in Emeryville, CA and Creston, CA
in Emeryville, CA
Prerelease Pricing for 2007 Reserve
label by Artist Terryl Whitlatch (Star Wars)
Our Wine
Our vineyard consists of dry, steep hills at 2,000’ elevation. The vines are warmed by sandstone, granite, and Franciscan rock and by the sun’s heat averaging 90+ degrees in the summer. Winter nights averaging 33 degrees plus snow adds complexity and vigor to spring blooms, and helps keep our natural rootstock safe.
Current Wines | Library Wines | Wine Club Only Wines | Previous Vintages
Our Current Releases
PRERELEASE: 2007 "Reserve" Cabernet Sauvignon
Scheduled release date: 12/1/10
Only 500 bottles produced, our 2007 ''Reserve'' is comprised of our two favorite barrels from our 2007 estate cabernet sauvignon vintage. Concept Artist Terryl Whitlatch (Star Wars, Beowulf, and Jumanji) created a beautiful wine label for our best barrels. Called "Sapphire Phoenix", Terryl found inspiration by our vineyard's famous fire history.
Production: 500 bottles
Prerelease Price: $36.00 a bottle (750ml)
(20% discount, Release Price: $45.00)
Wine Club Members
Price: $31.50 a bottle (750ml)
(30% discount, Release Price: $45.00)
Each Wine Club member has a 1 bottle allocation until 9/1/10. Additional bottles are available for Wine Club members until production is sold out. If any bottles are left for sale upon release, pricing will be $45 a bottle.
2007
“Estate" Cabernet Sauvignon
The 2007 “Estate” Cabernet Sauvignon is an auspicious vintage. The growing season produced the thickest and most flavorful skins we’d ever grown. Potent and complex, her raven complexion reveals a feminine style, medium body, and dense flavors of fresh blueberries, chocolate, currant, cinnamon, violets, and cloves. This vintage aged for 24 months in French oak barrels.
Production: 425 cases
Price: $34.00 a bottle (750ml)
$183.60 a six-pack (10% discount) | $346.80
a case (15% discount)
$80 a magnum (1.5L, only 20 cases produced)
Wine Club Members Price (25% discount): $25.50 a bottle (750ml)
$153.20 a six-pack | $306.00
a case
$60.00 a magnum (1.5L, only
20 cases produced)
2006
“Jolie" Bordeaux Style Red Wine
Ruby tones with blueberry, chocolate, and cassis notes... this beauty has earned her name. Jolie (the French word for "pretty") is a Bordeaux style blend of 85% estate Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot. Soft tannins, medium-bodied, and approachable, Jolie is wonderful company for any dinner. Drink now or age through 2012.
Honors
The SF Chronicle Wine Competition - 2009 Bronze Medal
Production: 825 cases
Price: $24.00 a bottle (750ml)
$129.60 a six-pack (10% discount) | $244.80 a case (15% discount)
Wine Club Members Price (25% discount): $18.00 a bottle (750ml)
$108.00 a six-pack | $216.00 a case
2005 “Presente” Late Harvest Cabernet Sauvignon
"Presente" means "gift" in Portuguese, and it was a gift to be able to make this dessert wine. Late harvests rely on optimal growing seasons and, well, Dad and I got hammered making this wine. Presente is that good- chocolate, strawberries, blueberries, plums, fig, and vanilla flavors make it an easy dessert pairing.
Honors
The SF Chronicle Wine Competition - 2009 Silver Medal
Production: 150 cases, less than 15 cases available
Price: $28.00 a half-bottle (375mL)
Wine Club Members Price (25% discount): $21.00 a half-bottle (375mL)
2005 “Reserve” Cabernet Sauvignon
Our First Reserve Wine
In 2005, we enjoyed an ideal season and celebrated it with harvest on Dad's birthday. The combination produced a beautiful yield of chocolate and strawberry flavors, so we decided to make our first "Reserve" wine. This unfiltered cab aged for 21 months in 100% new French Allier, Troncais, and Centre oak barrels.
Honors
The SF Chronicle Wine Competition - 2009 Silver Medal
Production: 200 cases, 100% estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Price: $48.00 a bottle (750ml)
Wine Club Members Price (25% discount): $36.00 a bottle (750ml)
Library Wines
2006
“Estate” Cabernet Sauvignon
"Mom's Vintage"
2006 was a hot year with 116 degree heat. The weather produced our full-bodied Estate cab that has soft tannins and flavors of dark chocolate, blueberry, pepper, black cherry, plum, cassis, sweet tobacco, vanilla, and licorice. This vintage aged for 24 months in American, French, and Hungarian oak barrels and is unfiltered, leaving some sediment. One sip and you'll want a steak. Being young, the Estate cab will benefit from decanting and will age gracefully through 2016.
Honors
The SF Chronicle Wine Competition - 2009 Silver Medal
Production: 525 cases, 100% Estate Fruit
Price: $36.00 a bottle (750ml)
Wine Club Members Price (25% discount): $27.00 a bottle (750ml)
2005 “Estate” Cabernet Sauvignon
"The Chocolate Vintage"
This vintage aged for 21 months in American, French, and Hungarian oak. Medium body, softer tannins, chocolate, strawberry, black cherry, plum, fig, cassis, tobacco, vanilla, and licorice flavors. It’s unfiltered, leaving some sedimentation.
Honors
The SF Chronicle Wine Competition - 2008 Bronze Medal
Production: 550 cases, 100% estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Price: $38.00 a bottle (750ml)
Wine Club Members Price (25% discount): $28.50 a bottle (750ml)
Wine
Club Only
Wines
Non-Vintage
“suerte" red wine
“Suerte” means “luck” in many countries, and for us, it represents our “luck in a bottle”. Bottled in 2010, this non-vintage red wine is a blend of our estate cabernet, syrah, and old vine zinfandel. Medium bodied with flavors cassis, raspberry, blackberry, anise, bell peppers, and bay leaves, “Suerte” is easy to drink and pair with meat dishes, curries, and even salads.
Production: 150 cases
Wine Club Members
Price (25% discount):
$15.75 a bottle (750ml)
2005 "Jolie" Bordeaux style blend
“Jolie” (the French word for “pretty”)
Ruby tones with blueberry, chocolate, and cassis notes... this beauty has earned her name. "Jolie" is our first Bordeaux style blend comprised of 88% estate Cabernet Sauvignon and 12% Petit Verdot.
Production: 825 cases
Wine Club Members Price (25% discount): $21.00 a bottle (750ml)
2004 "Estate" Cabernet Sauvignon
Our 2004 chapter began with an early bud break producing intense fruit. This vintage aged for 21 months in French, American, and Hungarian oak, revealing black cherry, plum, fig, cassis, and chocolate characters.
Honors
The SF Chronicle Wine Competition - 2007 Silver Medal
Production: 600 cases, 100% Estate Fruit
Wine Club Members Price (25% discount):
$30.00 a bottle (750ml)
FUTURES PRICING:
Our wine futures have an anticipated release date of Winter 2010/Spring 2011 and is subject to change. Futures pricing valid until 5/31/10. Qualifies toward yearly Wine Club purchase for existing Wine Club members
2008 “ESTATE” CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Wine Club Members Price (50% discount): $102 a 6-pack
(750 ML)
(
$17 per bottle, retail release price: $34 per bottle)
2010 bottling of “Jolie” Bordeaux Style Red Wine
Wine Club Members Price (25% discount): $144 a case (750 ML) ($12 per bottle, 12 bottles in a case)
