A fourteen-barrel selection, our Sta. Rita Hills’ Pinot Noir is a wine that ages remarkably. Hand sorted with a percentage whole cluster. A combination of natural (wild) fermentation and Burgundian yeast isolates created for a complex wine, rich with fruit and spice. Aged in new, neutral, and one year old French Oak barrels.
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Juicy and concentrated on the palate, mineral-driven and pure, with and excellent finish. Overall the persistent soft tannins, balanced acidity and loads of fruit bode well for long aging of 15 to 20 years.
Color: Beautiful dark velvet red hues
Aroma: Aromas of deep dark wild berries, intense fruit and a black pepper spiciness. As the wine opens more savage and powerful intense notes of olive and black licorice jump out of the glass
Peak Drinking: Now –and with up to twenty years of bottle age from vintage
Le Restant is French for “the remnants”. It’s a fun wine that focuses on all the amazing wine components remaining after we have blended our signature M5 Red Rhône Blend. To make the best M5 possible, we take the five varietals and blend them together looking for harmony, color, flavor, aroma, complexity and nuance. Blending is our forte and invariably there are some remaining lots not selected to reach a final M5 blend. We then take these lots to make a very delicious and gulpable red wine that will satiate your thirst all summer long. For the times in life when you want something a little less serious, Le Restant is the perfect go to wine.
Rich fruit with earthiness structure, roses, candied fruit, spice, coco and Bing cherries
Color: Beautiful dark velvet red hues
Aroma: Complex fruit aromas of burnt meat, mushrooms and blueberries all complemented with subtle wood aromatics of vanilla, toast and stems retained briar patch
Peak Drinking: Now –and with up to twenty years of bottle age from vintage.
A solid core of dark red fruit and spicy fruit surrounded by youthful tannins. The overlying presence of Grenache flavors initially impact the palate, followed by a finish complete with hints of jam, cocoa and dark berry contributions of Syrah and earthy Mourvèdre.
Color: Opaque with dense crimson and ruby red hues
Aroma: Red fruits, dried cranberries and jammy youthful fruits come immediately to the fore, with perfumed Grenache and rose petal floral aromas
44% Grenache, 36% Syrah, 12% Mourvèdre, 5% Counoise, 3% Cinsaut. Opaque with dense crimson and ruby red hues.Red fruits, dried cranberries, and jammy youthful fruits come immediately to the fore, with perfumed Grenache and rose petal floral aromas.A solid core of dark red fruit and spicy fruit surrounded by youthful tannins. The overlying presence of Grenache flavors initially impacts the palate, followed by a finish complete with hints of jam, cocoa and dark berry contributions of Syrah and earthy Mourvèdre.
M5 is a wine that is from a thought—a blend that is an amalgamation of memories, both distant and recent, from the numerous wines I have tasted and loved. 41% Grenache, 37% Syrah, 14% Mourvèdre, 4% Counoise and 4% Cinsault. A solid core of dark red fruit and spicy fruit surrounded by youthful tannins. The overlying presence of Grenache flavors initially impact the palate, followed by a finish complete with licorice, cocoa and dark chocolate contributions of Syrah and earthy Mourvèdre.
