Red Wine
This wine was made with clones of Syrah from the Coast View Vineyard, for its distinctive minerality. This Syrah is deep, intense, nearly inky purple in color. The nose oers hints of plums, hard spices and coee. The front of the palate is brooding and intense, oering plums, red berries and cassis and then opening into warm spices and bright acidity on the mid pallet.
The 2008 Monterey Pinot was sourced 10% our Russell Estate Vineyard in Corral de Tierra and 90% from the Silacci Vineyard at the northern end of the Santa Lucia Highlands. This wine is a classic cold weather pinot with jewels coloring and bright berry flavors.
This is a blend of Merlot and Syrah from the Spur, Alta Loma and Russell Estate vineyards. It o ffers red fruit, wild strawberry and notes of hard spices.
This is an elegant and well balanced Merlot with a seductively smooth and lingering nish. It offers toasted brioche, black cherry and hints of plum, vanilla and rose geranium in the nose.
Our 2009 Monterey Pinot Noir offers a return to a fruit forward style that lets the delightful characteristics of this varietal really shine through. It is a beautiful deep garnet color in the glass. The nose offers red fruit, apple cobbler, dried fig notes and lingering aromas of leather, espresso and toasted oak.
Our 2009 Reserve Monterey Pinot Noir comes from a small selection of the most exceptional barrels from an outstanding vintage. It is a bright ruby-garnet color in the glass. The nose offers seductive aromas of dark Bing cherry, cedar and toasty oak. On the palate, the wine is vibrant with rhubarb, cocoa powder and moist rich pipe tobacco flavors.
A complex combination of hard spices, cherries and dark red fruit notes
combine with a forest-y, mushroom-y, smoky base note that is a distinctive
characteristic of the Tondre vineyard. This wine will make an exceptional
pairing with earthy mushroom dishes and rich roasted pork entrees.
91 Points from WINE ENTHUSIAST
