If an offer letter goes out and there’s no thread on WB, did the offer even happen?
Cabs are now 90/90/100, which I think is consistent with last year. Really like these but it’s getting steep. Not bothering with the Syrahs any more, although they’re well done.
2017 Old Vine White
64 year old dry-farmed white field blend of Sylvaner, Riesling, and an assortment of other obscure varieties planted in fluffy white volcanic soils at the base of the western flank of Mount Veeder in the Sonoma Valley. Whole cluster pressed, fermented with native yeast in stainless steel, and aged in neutral French oak barrels for 10 months. 5 barrels produced.
2017 Ribolla Gialla, Vare Vineyard
Ribolla Gialla is alive and well in the Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley thanks to George Vare, who fell in love with Ribolla Gialla in the early ‘90s while traveling in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Northeastern Italy and took cuttings from Josko Gravner’s heralded vineyard in Friuli, signaling the first arrival of this ancient variety in California. Whole cluster pressed, fermented in stainless steel with native yeast, then aged in neutral oak for 10 months. 8 barrels produced.
2017 Clary Ranch Syrah
Planted in 2000 in sandy clay-loam, six miles from the Pacific in the heart of the Petaluma wind gap. Fermented 100% whole cluster with native yeast and basket pressed to neutral French oak barrels for 10 months. 10 barrels produced.
2017 Que Syrah Syrah
Planted at 850’ elevation in 1994 above the town of Occidental about four miles from the Pacific on the Sonoma Coast. Fermented 100% whole cluster with native yeast and basket pressed to neutral French oak for 10 months of élevage. 4 barrels produced.
2016 Clajeux Cabernet Sauvignon
Planted in 1999 in volcanic soil at 400’ in the Chalk Hill AVA above the Russian River Valley. Fermented 30% whole cluster and basket pressed to 20% new French oak barrels for 22 months of élevage. 5 barrels produced. 5 barrels produced.
2016 Montecillo Cabernet Sauvignon
47 year old dry farmed vines grown at 1,700’ above the Sonoma Valley in volcanic loam. Destemmed and fermented with native yeast, then basket pressed to 20% new French oak barrels for 22 months. 6 barrels produced.
2016 Fellom Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon
36 year old vines grown in Franciscan shale and sandy loam over serpentine in the Santa Cruz Mountains at 2,200’, on the top of Montebello Road above Cupertino. Destemmed and fermented with native yeast then basket pressed to 20% new French oak barrels for 22 months. 10 barrels produced.