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Our vineyard sits on top of a very steep hill and looks cartoonish - like the drawing from a Dr. Seuss story! It's up above the fog line and gets delicious-warm-loving sun during the final stretch of the growing season in August. These grapes are usually the first Red Grape to come into the winery and are usually very, VERY SWEET - 27.0 Brix - it makes gorgeous wine!! Our 2018 Zinfandel has bright cranberry, lifesaver candy, ripe black cherry, and is a delightful mouthful of candied fruit! These luscious fruit flavors combine with rich chocolate, vanilla-mocha, Asian spice, and white pepper to end on a lusciously smooth finish. You will love this wine. It's been aging 1 year in barrel, showing its true LOVE. Our Zinfandels are bright and candied with soft tannins - very different from their robust Dry Creek Cousins. Russian River Zinfandel takes about 2 years to really shine, but once it does - it easily overtakes all other Sonoma County AVA's. Give it a try - this is wonderful! ~ Nancy
Awards & Accolades
We use ancient winemaking techniques to make this lovely wine. It is dense, rich, complex and fully extracted. The grapes are crushed to tank, and then we use automatic punch down tools to gently mix and submerge the grape "cap" in the wine during fermentation. The result is all the fruit, flavor, color and richness that you are accustomed to and no harsh tannin. This wine is a joy to make, and has loads of blackberry, chocolate, and buttery pie-crust to compliment a big, blockbuster mouth full of fruity goodness. Only 168 cases (2,000 bottles) made. Try this wine, you will love it!! Nancy
The last 25 cases from our wine Library will set your taste buds alive!! Every single drop of this precious wine is so delicious and concentrated, smooth and pleasing to the pallet! Each person that tastes this wine comments on how much they love this varietal. It's an old vine field planting that yields only 1 ton of grapes per acre - and really shines with quality. Ripe and full-bodied, yet creamy smooth. Only 500 cases made of this lovely wine.
Awards & Accolades
Bronze - 2022 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Step One: Bleed off the low alcohol, low color juice at the press. Step Two: Take remaining grapes and skins and ferment to dryness, Step Three: Barrel down for 9 months after fermentation. Step four: Drink with a friend! We used these grapes to make our rose and then the balance of the skins were fermented . The resulting zinfandel wine is super concentrated, and deliciously rich. Spicy berry pie flavors and dark chocolate on smooth, velvety tannins. - Nancy
Awards & Accolades
Silver – San Diego Int'l Wine Competition 2019
Silver – San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition 2019
Silver - Sonoma County Harvest Fair 2018
This vineyards is so tiny! It only ever produces about 100 cases of wine. We love our growers, they are a local family of Nick Ponzo and I used to make wine from his father's vineyards in Ukiah 30 years ago (but whose counting)! Nick works next door to the winery and comes by to let me know when the grapes are getting ready for picking. Nick, his wife and children pick all the grapes themselves - now that is a labor of love!! These vines are all about 40 years old and don't look very impressive, but you will agree, that the wine we make is incredible!! It is rich, dense, dark and complex. This vineyard is located about 3 miles south of Healdsburg, just east of HWY101 near Milk Barn Road. The grapes love the cool foggy nights and the hot, warm days. Only 112 cases made, and it will go fast - so make sure to order a bottle today - you will love this wine!! ~~ Nancy
Elegantly Rich; Masterfully Crafted; Decadently Layered; Powerfully Enticing, and Gracefully refined. Aromas of Cherry blossoms, Hibiscus and jasmine tea, creme brulee, buttercream, pie dough, cherry tart, caramel, tar, dried grass, herbs, crushed earth, cherry liquor, rose petals; with flavors of ripe red fruit, red licorice, and cotton candy, toasted oak, cola, smooth finish. I keep pairing Our Pinot Noir with Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt Caramel. The lovely match brings out the Cherry in the wine. Sante! Nancy
Awards & Accolades
Silver - Orange County ‘17
Silver - New World Wine Comp‘18
Silver - West Coast Wine Comp ’18
Silver - West Coast Wine Comp ‘18
Every single drop of this precious wine is so delicious and concentrated, smooth and pleasing to the pallet! Each person that tastes this wine comments on how much they love this varietal. It's an old vine field planting that yields only 1 ton of grapes per acre - and really shines with quality. Ripe and full-bodied, yet creamy smooth. Only 185 cases made of this lovely wine.
Awards & Accolades
Not reviewed yet
Gorgeous Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley - dazzle your tongue, and satisfy the most discerning pallet.
1,400 feet... this wine is pretty lofty grown at 1/4 mile high! This vintage is lovely - Again - Rich, dense, dark, ripe, cherry, earthy, and soft silky-robust tannins invite you to another taste one after another. Our 2021 Howell Mountain Cabernet barreled down in 75% new French Oak barrels for 8 months and then bottled. Share a bottle of this wine with your favorite wine lover! ~Nancy
Awards & Accolades
Not submitted to review.
1,400 feet... this wine is pretty lofty grown at 1/4 mile high! This vintage is lovely - Again - Rich, dense, dark, ripe, cherry, earthy, and soft silky-robust tannins invite you to another taste one after another. Our 2017 Howell Mountain Cabernet barreled down in 75% new French Oak barrels for 11 months and then bottled. Share a bottle of this wine with your favorite wine lover! ~Nancy
Awards & Accolades
Best of Class / Double Gold - 2021 International Women’s Wine Competition 99 points!
PLATINUM / 94 Points - Critic's Challenge '21
GOLD – 2021 North Coast Wine Challenge
GOLD / 92 Points - Sunset Wine Competition ’19
GOLD / 92 Points - San Diego Wine Comp ’19
GOLD / 94 Points - North Coast Wine Challenge ’19
Silver - 2022 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Silver - Sunset Wine Competition '21
Silver - Francisco Chronicle '19
The little vineyard is located on the valley floor just between St Helena and the town of Napa. This vintage is lovely - Again - Rich, dense, dark, ripe, cherry, earthy, and soft silky-robust tannins invite you to another taste one after another. We age this Cabernet barreled down in 75% new French Oak barrels for 21 months and then bottled age for another 24 months in the winery cellar. Share a bottle of this wine with your favorite wine lover or just your favorite Lover! ~Nancy
Awards & Accolades
GOLD - 2022 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
1,400 feet... this wine is pretty lofty grown at 1/4 mile high! This vintage is lovely - Again - Rich, dense, dark, ripe, cherry, earthy, and soft silky-robust tannins invite you to another taste one after another. Our 2017 Howell Mountain Cabernet barreled down in 75% new French Oak barrels for 11 months and then bottled. Share a bottle of this wine with your favorite wine lover! ~Nancy
Awards & Accolades
Best of Class / Double Gold - 2021 International Women’s Wine Competition
PLATINUM / 94 Points - Critic's Challenge '21
GOLD – 2021 North Coast Wine Challenge
GOLD / 92 Points - Sunset Wine Competition ’19
GOLD / 92 Points - San Diego Wine Comp ’19
GOLD / 94 Points - North Coast Wine Challenge ’19
Silver - Sunset Wine Competition '21
Silver - Francisco Chronicle '19
Every single drop of this precious wine is so delicious and concentrated, smooth and pleasing to the pallet! Each person that tastes this wine comments on how much they love this varietal. It's an old vine field planting that yields only 1 ton of grapes per acre - and really shines with quality. Ripe and full-bodied, yet creamy smooth. Only 500 cases made of this lovely wine.
Awards & Accolades
Bronze - 2022 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
