Malvasia Bianca from sandy shale soils on the western flank of the Santa Lucia Range in Monterrey. John Locke and Alex Krause have been using fruit from this site, Loma del Rio, since their days at Bonny Doon. For this wine, a nighttime machine harvest is employed at their direction, resulting in...
Grenache 72%, Carignane 11%, Mourvèdre 7%, Cinsault 7%,and Vermentino 3%.The Grenache comes from the western edge of the Salinas Valley, complimented by very old Carignane, Mourvedre, and Cinsault vines in Contra Costa and Lodi. The fruit is all hand-harvested and fermented with native yeasts in a...
The majority of the fruit for this bottling comes from Chardonnay vines planted in 1969 by George Besson Sr. on a former plum orchard in Hecker Pass, at the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The site has been farmed by George and his son, George Jr., for over five decades. Long sourced for Josh...
100% Grenache Gris from Gibson Ranch in McDowell Valley (Mendocino), where some of the Grenache vines are over 110-years old. The color varies each year depending on the canopy of the vines throughout the growing season. This year the grapes were footstomped and left on the skins for 24 hours...
Cabernet Franc from Santa Ynez Vineyard, just outside of Santa Barbara in the Happy Canyon AVA. The wine has been fermented with 100% whole clusters since their first Cabernet Franc harvest in 2010, accentuating the grape’s bright and fresh characteristics. The wine was matured in neutral barrique...
51% Carignan, 25% Syrah, 12% Valdiguié, 5% Mourvèdre, 3% Zinfandel, 2% Petite Sirah, and 2% Grenache Noir from three organically farmed sites within the North Coast AVA: Wirth Ranch, Lake Mendocino, and Rosewood. The Love Red grapes are harvested early to highlight the fruit and preserve acidity....
100% Cortese from Lost Slough – a 300-acre vineyard in the river delta area of Sacramento’s Clarksburg AVA. It is unusually cool for its location and very rich with minerals as the vineyard was once below sea level and still contains many shells in its sandy soil. Whole clusters were foot stomped...
26% Picpoul, 22% Clairette, 22% Orange Muscat, 15% Marsanne, 10% Roussanne, and 5% Chardonnay. The Love White wine has evolved over the years from a Rhône blend of Marsanne and Roussanne and this is the first year they have added Orange Muscat to the mix, adding distinct aromatics and texture to...
A refreshing, chillable red blend of Barbera (35%), Syrah (32%), Carignan (23%), and Dolcetto (10%). The fruit comes from three organically farmed vineyards, including Broc Cellars’ Fox Hill Vineyard in Mendocino County. The varieties were all fermented separately in stainless steel tanks with...
Amore Rosso is a blend of Italian varieties (Barbera, Dolcetto, Sangiovese, Negro Amaro) from Broc Cellars’ Fox Hill Vineyard in Mendocino. Fox Hill is nestled on the Talmage Bench, an uplifted former riverbed from the Russian River, where the soil is predominantly mineral-driven redvine, river...
