2012 Vintage Notes
With two challenging vintages preceding this, winemakers and growers alike were wishing for some better news. It came in the form of a year with great conditions and good amounts of evenly ripened clusters. At each of the appellations we focus on, we saw smiles from growers and fewer furrowed brows.
With two challenging vintages preceding this, winemakers and growers alike were wishing for some better news. It came in the form of a year with great conditions and good amounts of evenly ripened clusters. At each of the appellations we focus on, we saw smiles from growers and fewer furrowed brows.
2012 Wine Notes
Appellation Wines
2012 Sonoma Coast, Pinot Noir (PDF) 2012 Russian River Valley, Pinot Noir (PDF) 2012 Santa Lucia Highlands, Pinot Noir (PDF) 2012 One Sixteen, Chardonnay (PDF)Single Vineyard Wines
2012 Gap’s Crown Vineyard, Sonoma Coast, Pinot Noir (PDF) 2012 Kanzler Vineyard, Sonoma Coast, Pinot Noir (PDF) 2012 Cohn Vineyard, Russian River Valley, Pinot Noir (PDF) 2012 Giusti Ranch, Russian River Valley, Pinot Noir (PDF) 2012 Keefer Ranch, Russian River Valley, Pinot Noir (PDF) 2012 Koplen Vineyard, Russian River Valley, Pinot Noir (PDF) 2012 Garys’ Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands, Pinot Noir (PDF) 2012 Pisoni Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands, Pinot Noir (PDF) 2012 Rosella’s Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands, Pinot Noir (PDF)Winemaker Series
2012 4-Barrel, California, Pinot Noir (PDF)Vintages
2013
Quite simply, 2013 offered us truly wonderful conditions and allowed each vineyard to shine despite the recent statewide drought.
2012
Post-card growing season helped nurture a good crop of brilliant quality. A welcome respite from more difficult years.
2011
A challenging vintage but one we relished. Cool and wet spring followed by late rains during harvest caused some concern.
2010
Temperature extremes pushed us and our vineyards but the efforts paid off with resulting high quality.
2009
A joy of a vintage with near perfect growing conditions throughout the year.
2008
A difficult year - with frost, heat and drought all making an appearance.
2007
An ideal, if early, vintage with consistent weather and temperatures throughout the season.
2006
A cool spring was tempered by a hot July but overall, a cooler and more elegant year.
2005
Marked by cool weather that allowed fruit to mature gracefully. A sleek vintage.
