This Estate-grown wine is decidedly rich and textural, driven by a dynamic trio of clones. A hallmark of our winemaking is keying into the uniqueness both in the vineyard and in the cellar through fermentation techniques and vessel types. As a result, this vintage is complex, beautifully aromatic, and delicious. On the nose the wine is driven by stone fruit, jasmine, and chai spice. On the palate, textural viscosity balances with the natural acidity from our windy Estate vineyard. The 2021 is a new benchmark for quality in our Pinot Blanc and a favorite of our winemaking team. As with many of our wines, this wine is delicious in its youth, but built to surprise you with sometime in the cellar....

ne of the more classic California vintages in recent memory, the 2019 is elegant on the nose with terrific concentration and depth on the palate. The striking difference in 2019, aside from the dynamic vintage, is the increased Musqué percentage in the final blend allowing the intense aromatics to shine through. The Musqué selection, now a heritage clone of Hyde Vineyards, has a lace-like mouthfeel and intensely perfumed with ripe apricots, honeysuckle and orange blossom. There is no malolactic fermentation due to our desire to capture the beautiful esters from harvest and preserving the purity on the palate. The Robert Young selection is weightier with meadow flowers and raw honey on the nose. This portion underwent full malolactic fermentation lending additional density and richness to the final blend. This wine is deliciously textured and truly graceful with the aromatics weaving effortlessly and finishing with distinct minerality....

A beautiful vintage for El Diablo Vineyard, the 2019 stands out as a very floral rendition, showcasing the unique Montrachet selection of Chardonnay. The first pick of the vintage, the El Diablo Chardonnay hits a sweet spot on the vine where fruit intensity is perfectly aligned with mouth-watering acidity at reasonably low Brix - this year picked on Labor Day. The Montrachet part of the blend is simply elegant with jasmine, candied almond, and anise on the nose. The Robert Young selection, however, lends dimension and tension to the wine providing stone fruit and green apple on the palate. A unique hallmark of this Chardonnay is the ability to both have a refreshing presence on the palate while delicately holding to a rich core supplied from the sunny summer days on Eastside Road....

Grown in rocky soils at the base of the Sonoma Mountain range, this vintage is concentrated and hedonistic while preserving plenty of verve on the palate. Similar to past years, we were able to obtain great fruit concentration while still preserving beautiful natural acidity—a testament to the diurnal shift from the cool nights to warm afternoons. Smaller berries and an overall increase of fruit concentration than previous vintages, the 2019 harvest was separated into three different lots with varying whole-cluster percentages from 10% - 30%. The separate lots were fermented in both oak foudres and stainless-steel tanks. On the nose, blue fruits, plum and violets dominate. The purity of the vintage shines through with a wonderful balance of richness and focus. One of the more generous Pinot Noirs in our portfolio, the Gap’s Crown Vineyard provides consistently balanced fruit at reasonable alcohol and ripeness....

The wine is built around the Pommard clone which drives the wine with dense fruits of Santa Rosa plum, ripe pomegranate, and red currant. The wine’s compelling edge comes from the balanced blended with the older block planted to clone 115 which turned 21 years old at the time of harvest. The older block is the quintessential spice-box, with Asian 5-spice and incense. On the palate, the Pommard is plush and round, while the 115 is masculine and defined, creating balance between the two in the final assemblage....