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.
Trousseau Gris
A unique wine from an obscure grey skinned grape, originally from the Jura. The grapes are the only planting in CA, from a 40 year old vineyard in the Russian River Valley. Fermented with native yeast on the skins for five days to extract color, flavor and texture, then aged in neutral barrels for 8 months. Similar to the 2017 thru 2019 releases, this vintage is destemmed, allowing a fresh and vibrant expression.
The 2020 vintage produced half its normal yield due to frost and rain shatter, so grab some while you can. The 2020 vintage is also more intense in flavor as a result of the low yield.
Nouveau of Pinot Noir
* BLOOD ORANGE * RASPBERRY * MINT *
Taking inspiration from the fresh and lively Nouveau wines of Beaujolais, our Nouveau of Pinot Noir is the first glimpse into the vintage and a celebration of the harvest. After a 100% carbonic fermentation with native yeast, we bottle the wine unfined, unfiltered and without sulfur. This process produces a lively, juicy wine that’s meant to be enjoyed right away. Nouveau is traditionally released the third Thursday of November, and has become synonymous with Thanksgiving, the holidays and the harvest season.
Cote Bannie
This wines showcases all the flavors that we love in Sonoma Coast vineyards, blackberries and cherries with hints of cola.
VINTAGE NOTES:
The 2017 vintage began with significant rainfall prior to bloom, refilling the state’s reservoirs and ending California’s five-year drought. We saw a sudden spike in temperatures just prior to harvest, leading fruit to ripen quicker than anticipated. This sped up our harvest schedule, but due to our team’s vigilance, the fruit was still able to be picked at optimal ripeness. Temperatures then cooled back down by mid-September, allowing the remaining vineyards to complete ripening at an ideal pace. The rest of harvest was finished as planned, with yields coming in at their typical levels.
VINEYARD NOTES:
Meaning “Banished Coast” in French, the Côte Bannie vineyard is in the small town of Bloomfield along the Sonoma Coast. Located in close proximity to the Pacific Ocean, this vineyard is known for its prolonged fog cover throughout the growing season. Planted on steep southern facing hillsides, the grapes from Côte Bannie produce a wine that is intensely concentrated and densely layered.
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.
Dry Rose
Displays a pale peach color with aromas of wild strawberries and white nectarine. On the palate, bright acidity and flavors of fresh stone fruit are highlighted in this well-balanced, opulent wine. Enjoy through 2022.
49% Counoise | 27% Mourvedre | 24% Grenache