marrying fruit from Calistoga

I’m becoming more and more convinced that the Viognier from this estate is the best example of the variety in the United States

Aged in oak for 6 months

the 2018 Syrah High Contrast Vineyard offers the darkest and broodiest nose of the range this year

To be enjoy as an aperitif with nuts and hard cheeses or with shell-fish

2021, LIOCO SoCo Sonoma County Chardonnay White Zinfandel marrying fruit from CalistogaAll of the unhinged hyperbole about the 2021 vintage may be justified. A second year of extreme drought in California set the table for a record small crop and put the vines into high stress mode. The intelligent plants, struggling in soil devoid of any moisture, responded by setting very few clusters in the Spring. The clusters that made it were miniaturized, doll house, baby clusters. Growers were not pleased. Winemakers were though. As is the case