The herby and peppery aromas of this CinQuin Syrah is created produced by LaBarge Winery is estate grown from organic grapes.  This boutique producer gives attention given to even the smallest details; a true domaine where every step is done in-house. Traditional, but not to a fault, classic with a modern touch, the wines from LaBarge are made to be enjoyed for many years to come. 

Winery Tasting Notes: The wine opens with notes of fresh honeysuckle, stone fruit, and lemon, and then shows a nice resinous texture and bracing acidity on the long finish. While we consider Dry Riesling appropriate for every month of the year, it is especially welcome in the summertime.

Winery Tasting Notes: Harvested at optimum maturity after a cool and lengthy growing season, the grapes have yielded a beautiful wine, light gold in hue and redolent of rose petals and citrus fruits in the nose. As time goes on, the aromas of tropical fruits such as pineapple and lychee become more evident. For a wine so young and spritely, the palate is remarkably silky and full. 

"This is the first wine to come off the vine each harvest. Dolcetto, for me, conjures feelings of excitement about the upcoming season." - Christopher Ferrara, Winemaker

The Clesi Sangiovese is both pretty and robust, selected from several vineyard sites to make this final blend, because each site expresses itself differently.

Winery Notes: This Santa Barbara Chardonnay is a selected blend. 50% from the Murmur Vineyard planted in sandy loam, which is located in the coolest corner of Santa Maria Valley. And 25% La Rinconada and 25% Sanford & Benedict Vineyards in the Sta. Rita Hills, situated on an extinct bend of the Santa Ynez River near Lompoc. Our block is planted mostly on alluvium and ancient river deposits.

Winery Tasting Notes: Pale Blush in color, this dry Róse is refreshingly clean with notes of strawberry, white raspberries, and hints of honeysuckle and mint.  This wine has a beautiful structure with firm, yet silky, tannins and a crisp, lingering finish.   During winter, pair this Róse with Stews and Braised Meats, such as Oxtail, Osso Bucco, and Shortribs.  For summer, this is a “stand-alone wine,” or pair with Salads, Seafood, Chilled Soups, and even Barbequed Ribs, and for Breakfast or Brunches, this is great with Quiches and Bacon.

At the Los Olivos Wine Merchant & Café we get to know the winemakers behind the wines we sell, many of which are boutique wines that you are not going to find at big wine stores. At Defoe their winemaking endeavors to correlate and continue the hard work accomplished in the vineyard. Simplicity in the cellar, minimal interventions, utilizing ambient yeast for many lots, minimal oak influence, low sulfur and always preferring gravity for moving wine whenever possible.

From the Winemaker:
My lone Pinot Noir for the vintage is a lucky one, from Eden Rift Vineyard in Cienega Valley. I early picked a clonal mix of Calera, 115, and 777 and fermented the three lots separately (and swiftly) by way of wild yeasts. Only the free run was gravity drained into older French oak barrels for a speedy élevage. Malolactic fermentation occurred naturally, and in January I did a New Moon racking to get the wine off the lees in anticipation of the springtime bottling.

Winery Tasting Notes: The brightly pitched nose is singing with wild strawberry, Chinese 5-spice, chaparral and jasmine elements. Flavors of crushed pomegranate, orange peel, miso and roasted maitake mushrooms intermingle on the silky mid-palate. The finish is precise, with chalky tannins and long, lingering flavors.

This French producer is known for producing well-balanced wines with beautiful structure and tannins.

Certified organic, in conversion to biodynamics One of the highest elevation vineyards of the Beaujolais appellation near Saint-Amour and Julienas. The granite soils of this hillside makes a seriously dense and chiseled Beaujolais, all the while expressing the classic textured fruit we crave in great Gamay Whole cluster fermentation, with a semi-carbonic maceration. Aged in cement tank and demi-muids

From The Winery:

Dragonette's Philosphy:

Winery Tasting Notes: This is the village-level wine and is sourced from the top sites around Bechtheim: Geyersberg, Stein, Rosengarten, and Hasensprung. Geyersberg, which sits to the east of Bechtheim, has a distinct smoky characteristic that influences this blend. 

Our debut orange wine is bright and delicious, lightly floral with hints of citrus and dried stone fruit. Created for drinking at any time of day or night, all year round, with people you care about.

To be served chilled and enjoyed by all.

— 75% Grenache blanc, 20% Riesling, 5% Sémillon

— 12% ABV 750 ML

— Grown and bottled in Central Coast California

— Unfiltered and unfined

ABOUT US
At Fallen Grape we work with generational farmers and winemakers to bring excellent, low-intervention wine straight from the central coast of California. From our organically farmed grapes all the way down to local bottling and packaging, we do as much of the work by hand as we can to ensure sustainability and preservation of the wine’s natural beauty.

We started Fallen Grape simply because we believe there’s something really great about natural wine, and we want to make it available to everyone. Whether you’re enjoying an outing with friends or a chill night in with take-out, a bottle of Fallen Grape is the perfect plus one! To be served chilled and enjoyed by all.

This is a crowd pleaser for sure. Bring it to dinner with your friends! This wine reflects the cool climate influence on Fiddlestix fruit and is a blend of all six clones planted in this vineyard. The terroir always gives forth to great color, fabulous spicy aromatics, broad textures, a juicy mid-palate and sassy acidity, and produces a wine saturated with the essence of smoky, black cherry cola.

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FROM THE WINERY:

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Winery Notes:

"Also from the Santa Maria Valley, the 2018 Pinot Noir Julia's Vineyard offers more layers and complexity, with beautiful spiced raspberry fruits, crushed flowers, flowery incense, orange blossom, and subtle oak aromas and flavors. Polished, medium-bodied, and nicely balanced, with silky tannins, it's drinking great today, yet I suspect it will evolve for upwards of a decade if you're so inclined." - JebDunnuck.com, 95 Points 

ACCOLADES:

ACCOLADES:
"The 2019 Pinot Noir Julia's Vineyard is more elegant and finesse-driven, with a beautiful perfume of framboise, wild strawberries, violets, and sappy flowers. All about red fruits and flowers, it hits the palate with medium-bodied richness, a seamless, flawlessly balanced mouthfeel, good acidity, and just a hint of classic Santa Maria salinity on the finish. Aged 16 months in 21% new French oak, this brilliant Pinot Noir is up with the crème de la crème in the vintage." Jeb Dunnuck, 95 Points

From the Winery: Whole cluster pressed on a gentle cycle, native house yeast, 30 days active in a  combination of stainless steel & neutral French Oak.

From the winery: Ruby red color with purple highlights. Ethereal, persistent with violet, rose, fresh fruits and spicy hints on the nose. A dry, harmonious, velvety, full-bodied wine, austere and generous wine.

Aromas of honeysuckle, mead, lemon frosting and chamomile. This Fiano has medium-plus weight and viscosity with a silky mouthfeel. On the palate are pear, green apple, honey, elderflower and panna cotta.

FROM THE WINERY:

From GoGi: "Erinn" was born in the award-winning Ampelos Vineyard located in the heart of Sta. Rita Hills and from the winemaking skills of Peter & Rebecca Work and their apprentice Kurt Russell.   This wine's made for a girl like...That!

Winery Tasting Notes: Our 2018 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon opens with notes of blueberry and cassis, supplemented by a glimmer of vanilla and cedar. The dark fruit notes that greet the nose progress into lingering aromas of sage and cedarwood. This wine is rich in flavor, with notes of ripe blackberry, black currant, and plum, along with a whisper of cocoa. Dense and concentrated, the mid-weight palate is velvety and nuanced, with a decadent, well-rounded mouthfeel. The finish is firm and luxurious and leaves you ready for an immediate second sip.

The Happy Canyon AVA is blessed with characteristics of both warm and cool climates. Our AVA is home to the warmest microclimate in the Santa Ynez Valley. Cool nights give way to dense early morning fog, which then lifts to reveal long afternoons full of bright sunshine - the perfect setting for growing some world-class Sauvignon Blanc!

Tasting Notes:
"There is a strong mineral quality of wet stone that balances the aromas of guava and lemongrass on the nose of this estate bottling. The palate is lifted in acidity, with a chalky grip that frames the crisp grapefruit and pear flavors." -Matt Kettmann, Wine Enthusiast

Ratings:
93 Points - Wine Enthusiast

Tasting Notes: A rich and decadent wine with incense, dark berries, and black tea. Full body, integrated fruit in the mid-palate, and a juicy, lightly chewy, tannin backbone. This Superiore red wine comes from some of the best grapes grown in Bolgheri DOC. The I Greppi estate comprises three separate parcels, each with a distinctive soil type, in the central and northern part of the DOC. The wine is Cabernet Sauvignon dominated and blended each year with varying amounts of Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Petit Verdot, to create a bold full-bodied wine that will benefit from aging.

Expressive nose of fruits jumps out of the glass. Scents of cranberry, strawberry, dill, black pepper and black tea give great complexity that carry through to the flavor profile of the palate. This wine is silky smooth and deceivingly easy to drink at 14.2% abv.

The 2018 Ancestor features aromas of olallieberry, Bing Cherry, and a hint of cassis. The entry is soft and juicy, with flavors of blueberry and ripe plum. The mid-palate is rich with texture and flows into a clean, long finish with hints of toasted oak.

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is brimming with aromas of dark cherry, raspberry, cassis, and a hint of toasted Oak. The palate is soft and supple, with flavors of blueberry, blackberry, and a touch of caramel. The mid-palate segues into a clean, rich finish with gentle, integrated tannins.

Pair with lamb, short ribs, grilled meats, and reduction sauces.

​Reviewed by Jeb Dunnuck
Review A blend of 51% Grenache, 27% Syrah, 11% Mourvedre, 8% Petite Sirah and the rest Viognier and Roussanne. This deep ruby/purple-colored beauty offers tons of ripe blackberry, currants, smoked herbs, pepper, and melted licorice-like aromatics. Deep, sumptuous and decadent on the palate, with low acidity, it stays light on its feet and graceful and certainly delivers loads of pleasure. Drink this blockbuster-style beauty anytime over the coming decade or more.
Rating 95 points

Winery Notes: Harvey and Harriet is the Bordeaux blend created by Eric Jensen of Booker Vineyard, in an attempt to make a wine that his parents would love and could afford. It is a wine that’s made by hard work, the best vineyard sites, the best barrels, the best team and of course no additives or concentrates. A world-class wine for everyone who appreciates high quality without the high price tag.

93 points James Suckling

TASTING NOTES: There’s a photo on the wall for each bowler who’s scored 300 at Gold Country Lanes—and they’re all him. Bushy mustache, pleated khakis, with a beachball gut, he’s just failed to get the shoe attendant’s number and bumped into a rack of pearlescent eight-pounders. But god, you’ve never seen a more graceful four-step approach. And when his red-appleskin ball hits the pins, it’s an explosion of dried red fruit, dark chocolate, and candied cherry. Ripe fruit power and spicy poise in equal measure. You’re hanging another photo before he even hits the tenth frame.

Winery Notes: The East Ridge Estate Pinot Noir is produced from some of the oldest and finest vines at Hirsch. Exceptionally low-yielding, they produce a structured and powerful wine, with fantastic concentration and fruit. The 2018 vintage is true to this expression, with a notably sappy, intensely fruited quality.

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Winery Tasting Notes: On the nose, the 2016 Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon opens with very focused fresh, ripe black cherry and blackberry aromas. In the background, scents of garrigue – lavender, thyme, and bay – emerge and build complexity. On the palate, the wine is superbly balanced to the point that it is difficult to identify individual flavor components, although cassis bud and blackberry do reveal themselves. The fine-grained, polished tannins are very much in harmony with the oak and exhibit an underlying firmness that continues throughout the long, lingering aromatic finish.

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2020 vintage created a rosé lighter in color than typical for Jaimee and Rorick Heritage Vineyards. The grapes went direct to press and were removed off skins earlier. The aromatics are fresh and pure red fruits and roses. The palate maintains a beautiful texture and carries the spice we all love, which is inherent to Mondeuse. This wine received a total of 10ppm of S02 added before bottling in June of 2021. It needed additional time in bottle, which explains the fall release.

"As always Todos possesses the most exotic, complex, and compelling aromatics of the lineup. Highlighted by black truffle, jasmine, five-spice, black pepper and clove. Driven by dried blueberry, Mission fig and aged balsamic. Hints of dried tobacco, mint and baking chocolate combine with a tidal wave of velveteen black fruit on the palate. A wine of extreme power, but also delicate and proportional balance. Strikes me as the most approachable Todos since 2006 and also possibly the finest since that date." -- Matt Dees, Winemaker

Blend of: 97% Sauvignon Blanc, 3% Semillon 94 Pts Jeb Dunnuck "The very lightly hued, Sauvignon Blanc dominated 2019 Flor (there's 3% Semillon) offers up a gorgeous, Bordeaux Blanc-like bouquet of ripe pineapple and citrus fruits interwoven with notes of brioche, honeyed almonds, and chalky minerality. It has bright acidity, medium-bodied richness, and a concentrated yet precise, focused style on the palate that bodes well for a good decade of longevity, if not longer."

93 points - Wine Enthusiast Pioneering winemaker Ken Brown is still making excellent wine 40 years on, including this bottling that's full of deep red cherry, scarlet red rose petals, and dark hibiscus on a nose that's veiled by loamy soil and slate. 

Winery Notes: Aat­to is prob­a­bly our most unusu­al, exot­ic wine, both aro­mat­i­cal­ly and in the fla­vor profile. It’s made up of most­ly Counoise and Mourve­dre, with small amounts of Grenache.

"The 2017 Noir is a blend of 90% Syrah, 5% Counoise and 5% Petite Syr­ah aged 18 months in 50% new French oak. Medi­um to deep ruby-pur­ple, it has a love­ly, viva­cious per­fume with loads of vio­let, fresh mint leaves, cof­fee beans, turned earth and char with a core of fresh black and blue fruits. The palate is medi­um to full-bod­ied with expert­ly restrained fruits, a firm but fine­ly grained frame and great fresh­ness, fin­ish­ing long. A beau­ti­ful­ly expres­sive Syrah." Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate - 94pts