Chardonnay is the one varietal that is produced in a widest range of styles. We always want to be in the middle of that range, producing a wine that has beautiful fruit and complexity, with sufficient acidity to balance any richness. The primary factors in this are cool climate fruit, barrel fermentation in a low percentage of new barrels, and a partial malolactic fermentation.

The first take on the nose is reminiscent of an apple pie baking in the oven with the aromas of fruit and spice wrapped in the toastiness of the crust. But from there it is all bright citrus, pears, and white blossoms. It is a pure, clean, and vibrant wine...more

Each year, we sing the praises of Merlot. It is the most under-valued variety in our state, from our perspective. It is versatile, in that it performs consistently through a range of weather conditions. Add to that its beautiful structure, complexity, and ageabilty, and it is stunning year in and year out...more

What these old vines deliver is consistent quality and expressiveness from start to finish, and this is a particularly special vintage of quality and expressiveness. Plush dark briar, black currant, and plum fruits create the essence of the wine. Dates and preserved fig combine with a hint of black olive and dried thistle to make a delightful and complete sensory experience with a long lush finish. The complexity, combined with the balance, acidity, and tannin, will offer excellent aging and longevity...more

Classic Horse Heaven Hills wines revel in complex deep red characters, such as wild strawberry, baked cherry pie, and red currant. These bright influences make for a luminous wine, with vibrancy and lift. The richness of chocolate around a juicy dark cherry reminds me of classic Canoe Ridge Vineyard wines from back in the day. Spices of desert sage and laurel add to a fleshy, luscious palate. This is a vintage with excellent depth, and it is well worth aging...more

This wine is dense and sultry. Sweet fruit and spice were common descriptors that came up in every tasting that we did. Sweet fruit is not the result of residual sugar, it just the way the fruit flavors taste and envelop your mouth. Strawberry, dark plum, and jammy boysenberry are accented with leather, tobacco, and hoisin. It is a beautifully integrated wine that is both highly expressive and subtly nuanced..more

To produce this wine, we select, from all of our Cabernet lots those barrels that have softer tannins and a more gentle structure. We don’t go outside of our usual vineyard sources to purchase lower priced fruit to make this wine. Instead, these are the barrels with an overall approachability earlier than our vineyard-designated wines, blended together. The resulting blend combines, White Bluffs, Horse Heaven Hills, and Red Mountain AVA’s...more