For our 2016 Rockpile Cabernet Sauvignon, we blended in nearly 10% of our Rockpile Malbec to lock in the beautiful color and add subtle floral notes. The small percentages of Cabernet Franc (4%) and Merlot (3%) added more red fruit and a hint of fresh forest floor, while the 1% of Petit Verdot brought a level of seriousness to the wine that we loved. Aromas are rich in ripe black fruit, roasted coffee, anise and sweet loam, with a beautiful pulse of shaved nutmeg. 

Named after one of the area’s earliest settlers (who was also a moonshiner), the Jack’s Cabin site produces some of our most prized fruit. The 2017 vintage of this Zinfandel is beautifully detailed in its aromatic profile, featuring candied red fruit, milk chocolate shavings, sweet baking spices and nuances of vanilla bean pod. The seamless entry reveals coffee grounds and chocolate covered cherries followed by perfumed dried underbrush and sweet loam.  

The nose on this vintage is explosive and complex, with aromas of fresh-baked blackberry pie, toasted almond grounds dusted with dark cocoa and the classic touches of savory roasted herbs and sweet earth. Full-bodied and concentrated, this wine is not shy in delivering beautifully perfumed fruit, seamlessly tied in with a plush and velvety palate. 

The 2017 Cemetery Zinfandel is a rock star. The nose is well set up with dark black fruits, classic briary notes and sweet earthy tones. This Zinfandel is concentrated and harmonious for such an energetic wine. 

Wonderfully fragrant fresh crushed briary black raspberry and blackberry explode from the glass, along with touches of Indian spices and dusty soil. 

Our 2017 Pritchett Peaks Zinfandel is just starting to reveal its beautiful layers of aromas: fresh wild blackberries, perfumed black cherry and seductive toasted baking spices. Fresh black fruit and black tea leaf give way to firm and chewy tannins with traces of sweet earth and shaved cardamom. 

The 2017 Rockpile Zinfandel from Uncle’s Block has detailed aromas of black cherry compote, black raspberry preserves and chocolate cake crumbs with touches of sweet, fragrant earth. Dark

48% Zinfandel, 28% Petite Sirah, 24% Syrah

The tiny vintage of 2017 is most exemplified in our production of our Madrone Spring Red Wine: We only made 6 barrels worth.

46% Merlot, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Malbec, 3% Cabernet Franc

Our 2017 Buck Pasture is beautifully layered with lush flavors of warm blackberry, dark chocolate dust, crushed black walnut, violet petal, hints of cedar and toasted vanilla pod.

25% Tinto Cao, 25% Tinta Madeira, 25% Touriga Nacional, 25% Sousão

The single-acre block where these varieties are planted is called Independence, and our 2017 “Independence” Red Wine has an incredibly seductive nose of vanilla bean pod and sweet balsamic-glazed black figs intermingled with pound cake crumbs.