Red Wines

2016 Zotovich Family Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills, Pinot Noir

$50/bottle

Always an aromatic pleaser, this wine offers a mix of blood orange, black raspberry, white pepper, potpourri, rose petal, and hints of mint. The sandy soils at the site lend themselves to the soft, lush, and juicy palate presence alongside 20% stem inclusion bringing some texture and structure. Aged for 16 months on fine lees in 100% French Oak, 33% new.

2016 La Encantada Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills, Pinot Noir

$55/bottle

This site is always a balancing act between fruit, savory, and earth notes. Layered with bing cherry, red delicious apple, cranberry, and orange peel coupled with black tea, bouquet garni, and more earthy notes of wet terracotta and iron. Exquisitely balanced with depth, power, and lively acidity. Aged for 16 months on fine lees in 100% French Oak, 30% new.

2016 Santa Barbara County, Pinot Noir

$40/bottle

This wine has beautiful approachability which captures the vibrant diversity of Santa Barbara County. Offering pure varietal expression layered with a mélange of red fruit, earthy undertones, grilled herbs, hints of crushed rock, and baking spices. Classic, youthful, and vibrant acidity is supported by good concentration and structure completing the wines seamless length. Aged for 15 months in 100% French oak, 25% new.

2015 Sanford & Benedict Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills, Pinot Noir

$60/bottle

This is our first pinot noir offering from this famed vineyard, and its pedigree resonates in this stunning and complex wine. A bright, vibrant nose offers hints of Bing cherry, tart red raspberry, and red plum with floral notes of lavender, rose petal, and black tea. On the palate the wine has beautiful freshness and structure, with tannin similar to red delicious apple skin, and a slate-like mineral presence. Aged for 18 months in 100% French oak, 30% new.

2015 La Encantada Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills, Pinot Noir

$55/bottle

True to its origin providing a pure sense of place, this wine has very expressive aromatics offering dark cherry, dark raspberry, blood orange, pomegranate, and hints of hibiscus layered around earthier terra cotta, wet clay, and Chinese five spice. The medium body palate offers great depth and structure while the acid keeps freshness and beautiful balance. Aged for 18 months in 100% French oak, 40% new.

2015 Bien Nacido Vineyard,
Santa Maria Valley, Pinot Noir

$55/bottle

Older vine nuance offers such distinction and innate complexity. Such is the case with this very expressive wine, offering multidimensional layers of earth, Asian spice, red fruit, mineral, and floral components. Silky texture with lively freshness on the palate, the wine has great depth, stunning balance, and finesse. Truly a classic site, it’s our honor to work with the fruit. Aged in 100% French oak, of which 40% is new.

2015 Sonny Boy, Santa Barbara County, Red Blend
(78% Merlot – 22% Cabernet Sauvignon)

$50/bottle

Elegant, plush, and full bodied with structure and beautiful balance, this wine offers wonderful mélange of red currant, wild mountain blueberry, black plum skin, cracked pepper, grilled herbs, bay leaf, cigar box, and hints of vanilla bean. Aged for 22 months in 100% French oak, 40% new oak.