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Winemakers Emily and Jody Brix Towe make their wines in San Diego, utilizing carefully grapes from around Santa Barbara and the central coast. Emily and Jody take a minimalist approach with their wines using native yeast and ambient temperatures. They generally produce fewer than 50 cases of each cuvée.
Winemaker’s Tasting Notes
Rich aromas of ripe black cherry, Mission fig and dark chocolate
mingle with a spice box of clove and nutmeg. The palate is filled with
flavors of juicy blackberry and boysenberry that are enveloped in
silky tannins, showing complexity beyond its years. Enticing flavors of
fresh vanilla bean and hazelnut carry through a velvety richness that
lingers on the finish. Enjoy now after decanting for 45 minutes or cellar
through 2038.
Flavor Profile : Dense and velvety, with vanilla and ripe black currants. Aromatics : Anise, black fruit and cassis.
Our approach to Pinot Noir is very similar to Chardonnay but we have two clones. For the last 25 years, we’ve been working on selecting which of the two we preferred and we finally concluded that the answer was both. We’ve been planting our newer Pinot Noir Vineyards with a field mix of the two selections of late, giving deference to neither and laying the groundwork for our next generation of Pinot Noirs to be as transparent to site, and their relativity to each other, as are our Chardonnays. Both selections are marked by very low yields, small berries, great concentration and color in the fruit, and a propensity to hold their natural acids during ripening.
The wines are composed of both French Dijon and heritage clones. They undergo extended maceration and cuvaison up to four weeks, and are aged 14 months in 100% new French oak barrels and bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Founded in 1978, Kistler Vineyards is a small, family-owned and operated winery specializing in the production of Burgundian-style Chardonnay and limited amounts of Pinot Noir. Grapes are estate-grown and purchased from vineyards in Sonoma County. In 1992, Kistler Vineyards moved all production to its Vine Hill Road Vineyard in the Russian River Valley.
Beautifully complex and soft aromatics of violets, cola, ripe fig and plum linger on the nose. The generous entry opens with bright, ripe blackberry and boysenberry, softening through the mid-palate with black cherry, cocoa, and allspice.
The roots of Kivelstadt Cellars date back to my grandfather, G.B. Raffetto. My grandfather’s fine foods business was sold decades ago but my father always longed to get back into the food world. His dream of owning land and working outdoors was realized in 2005 with the purchase of Kivelstadt Vineyard (or Wild Turkey, for…
Pair with spicy dishes
Very friendly with Mexican food or Indian
Fresh cheeses
All things duck {like so many of our wines!}
Well-seasoned chicken or turkey
Steak with green peppercorns
Frontenac Noir
I Selvatici/Los Salvajes, West Addison vineyard
Wild yeast
No added sulfites
Clay and limestone
La Garagista biodynamic wine
Our mission is to care for our land in creative and natural ways, make way for the honest narrative told by the wines and ciders that express our unique landscape and each vintage year, and share in and support the spirited food and agriculture of our community.
La Garagista biodynamic wine
The Beginning of Memory is an ancestral style pear cider made according to the shifts in the season. A duet of our early apples and pears are cured, ground and fermented on skins, then pressed and combined with our winter apple harvest in order to seed the second fermentation in bottle. The native sugars and wild yeasts found in our home farm orchard produce a unique méthode champenoise that harnesses the flavors of our alpine landscape.
Pair this with:
Everything duck-related: rillettes, confit, breast
Baked ham
Sauteed spinach
Spinach souffle
Kale pesto
Kale caesar
Sparkling Poiré – 75% pear, 25% apple
Wild yeast
No added sulfites
Grown on volcanic soils
VINEYARD: Estate Grown from vineyards at our Mayacamas Estate and our Rutherford Estate WINEMAKER’S COMMENTS: “As soon as the wine hits the glass, the vibrant hue suggests youthfulness and balance. The nose has plenty of blackberry and dried plum fruitiness alongside Cabernet-true earthiness. The complexity of the varietal character ranges from green peppercorn to fir…
Lemon bergamot mint, lime zest, and citrus blossom on the palate combine with a mouthwatering acidity to showcase a crisp, clean and elegant wine. The blend of early and later picked blocks bring in more mature aromas of pink grapefruit, lychee, and fresh apricot.
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