Old Vine Chenin Blanc
TASTING NOTES: Salty and electric on the palate, notes of roasted apples and dried flowers. Pairs well with backyard bird songs and salty chips.
VINEYARD: This Chenin Blanc is sourced from a small block near Los Alamos in Santa Barbara County planted in the late 1960’s. Silica, calcare, and chalk make up the soils beneath these old vines. Ocean breezes whip through the wind gap over the vineyard and through the dense vine canopy. Farmed organically by Michael Brughelli.
WINEMAKING: We macerate this wine on the grape skins for one day before pressing and moving it into neutral French oak barrels, where the native fermentation occurs. During vinification, we do not add or remove anything from the wine. Prior to bottling, we rack the wine into a stainless steel tank. Please expect some solids and tartrates in the bottle.
Low-Calorie Unoaked Chardonnay
Our low-calorie unoaked Chardonnay is crafted to have all the bright fruit flavors of our flagship unoaked Chardonnay but with less calories and alcohol. We achieved this by harvesting the grapes at lower brix yet still allowing the wine to go through a full fermentation.
This fruit forward wine leads off with fresh flavors of peach, nectarine and lime with a backbone of acidity that gently leads to the grapefruit and candied orange finish.
Ascona Vineyard Syrah
TASTING NOTES: Aromas of fresh blueberry, violets & dried herbs. This palate leans into the bright reds of Montmorency cherry and currant. Savory, wild-game, and pepper notes balance the fruit. Pair with mushroom ravioli and good company.
WINEMAKING: Fermented 100% whole cluster using native yeasts. We taste ferments daily to assess the progress of maceration and extraction. With the primary fermentation complete, we pressed the wine into neutral French oak barrels and bottled it after 9 months. This wine is unfined and unfiltered, please expect some solids in the bottle. We made this wine thoughtfully to show itself best with age. Enjoy now or cellar 8 – 15 years for savoring at its peak. 1308 bottles produced, 12.5% ABV.
Lumen Escence
Lumen Escence is an orange wine, meaning that it is a white grape that is treated in the winery like a red grape. We picked our favorite Pinot Gris at Sierra Madre Vineyard a few weeks early, then fermented on the skins for a full 10 days. The resulting wine is full of character: strawberry and peach, piercing & puckering attack, kombucha and kimchi, lime.
Lumen Pino Gris
Sourced from one of our favorite Pinot Noir vineyards, this Pinot Gris offers aromas of canteloupe, white peach and honeysuckle. On the palate it offers fresh melon, butterscotch and peach flavors focused around a striking acidity and minerality. The finish is long and lingering.
Kopriva
Love You Bunches
Favorita, Fox Hill Vineyard, Mendocino
Favorita is usually the lightest and brightest white variety in Piedmont. Just south in Liguria, Vermentino (same variety though different biotype to Favorita) is everywhere and is the wine to drink with pretty much everything. This wine seems to draw a line between those two threads. On the nose, citrus peel and lemon are followed by stoney minerality, pear, and slight florals like acacia blossoms. The palate has a touch of mid palate weight followed by racy acid and a touch of salinity on the finish.
Grignolino, Fox Hill Vineyard
Grignolino is almost as pale as a red wine can get, yet it has the structure of a much bigger wine. The aromas are highlighted by mixed fresh flowers, potpouri, raspberry, and hibiscus. The palate is light and bright yet also firm with acid and tannin. In other words, Grignolino is a chameleon that can be enjoyed on its own or with a wide range of meals ranging from charcuterie to herbed chicken to mild Indian curry.
Our Daily Red
Ripe notes of fresh raspberry and juicy cherry are accented by a subtle aroma of violets. Light-bodied and vibrant with an elegant finish.
The grapes for Our Daily are sourced from organic vineyards around California’s Central Valley, including the Lodi area. The Central Valley’s consistent dry climate, warm weather, and well-drained soils are key factors in successful organic wine growing. The climate allows the fruit to ripen earlier, reducing the risk for weather-related issues such as mildew and mold.
We do not add sulfites to Our Daily Wines because we want a ‘pure’ wine free of preservatives.