Aged an average of 10 years, produced only once.  A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese, Cabernet Franc, Mourvedre and Syrah.  This is a silky smooth operator that will make your tastebuds party all night long.  It has class and elegance, it even has style. Whether you pair it with a stinky cheese or a sweet dessert, or if you pair it with itself, this wine is guaranteed to make new friends. 

The 2013 starts a new program producing 100% vineyard designated Sangiovese from 40 year old vines in Oak Savanna Vineyard in Los Olivos, CA. 

Aged in 860L French Oak barrels, the layered floral notes, and spiced red fruits from this vineyard are balanced with an old vine structured midpalate & integrated fine tannin. 

Drink 2019-2027

13.2% alcohol  

140 cases produced

Tasting Panel Blue Reviews: 91pts

Wine Enthusiast: 91pts

The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon is a very special vintage from some of the oldest Cabernet vines in Santa Barbara County. Planted in 1972 by television producer Douglas Cramer, these old knarled vines create beautiful, deeply layered and elegant wines. Normally the Cabernet is blended as the centerpiece of the I Tre Figli proprietary blend, but in 2013 I knew it would best be bottled by itself as a single varietal. It's approachable now, but will benefit from cellar aging, having a great big middle with 13.2% alcohol. The layers will evolve & the patient will be rewarded for many years to come.

92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Sangiovese, 3% Cabernet Franc        116 Cases Produced.

Schaefer on Wine: "This Cabernet has already spent more than 4 years total in barrel and bottle but it's still just a baby. Great nose of cassis, black currant, and dark berry fruit. Rich and effusive on the palate, it's the dark star of the lineup with plum, blackberry, barrel spice, and lavender in the flavor mix. Lengthy and sustaining flavors last all the way to the full-bodied finish. Delightful to drink now, it will really show its stuff with another 5 or 10 years in the bottle." Dennis Schaefer SB News Press 06/14/18

Blue Lifestyle Blue Reviews -

92 (August 2018)  "Ripe with luscious plum notes, and a creamy texture;rich and nicely structured;deep, mellow and balanced."

Wine Enthusiast - 91pts

To say the entire 2011 year, vintage & resulting wines were a "challenge" would possibly be the understatement of the year.

In December 2011, after harvest, our second child arrived and she was perfect & balanced.  I was dreading having to one day explain to her why there wasn't a commemorative birth year namesake wine, as there was for her big brother.  

Lucky for me, and for her, the 2011 wines finally sorted themselves out with a little extended barrel age, and eventually became phenomenal!

There wasn't much tonnage to start with in 2011.  I very carefully selected the best of the best.

59% Sierra Madre Vineyard Pommard clone 

41% Premier Vineyard Dijon clone 115 

Aged in both 228L & 320L 100% new French Oak barrels for 30 months. 

A very exotic spice, silky fruit driven vintage with impeccable fruit to acid balance.

13.5% Alcohol by volume. 

92 cases produced.

Wine Enthusiast 93pts 

Saviezza - (An old Italian word for “wisdom” or “knowledge”) "As I like to say, the more you drink, the smarter you think you are." - Benjamin

The 2010 is the 10th vintage from the old Tepusquet Vineyard at Cambria Estates in the Santa Maria Bench. It is the last Saviezza, and probably the most popular wine I sell. The old Cabernet roots were planted in 1971 by Louis Lucas. They were grafted in the early nineties to Sangiovese, and I started working with them in 2000. The old roots de-vigorated the Sangiovese & the yield was less than 2 tons per acre.

Harvest: 10/22/10 The Sangiovese clone 3 was picked after six days of rain! The vintage was a cooler later one, producing very small berries and small clusters. I performed a saigne to bleed off some juice in the fermenter before the cold soak and fermentation began.The 2010 wines are big and bold with dark fruits, smooth and lots of spice, great structure with some integrated tannins. 

Ripe black plums, blackberry fruit, cola, anise, cinnamon spice with a hint of sweetness from oak. Ripe dark fruit flavors and intense warm spices fill the mid palate,. The tannin is fantastically integrated with the fruit, forming a bigger structured wine than normal. This ball of fruit & spice carries into the finish. 

Although this vintage has the exact same percentages & same fruit sources as the preceding 2008, and 2009 it is a different wine.  It’s more like the 2008 than the 2009. Aging took place in Seguin Moreau French oak 500L puncheons for the first time. The extra time in barrel and tank, the 2010 has successfully married together the three grape varieties seamlessly to become its own personality.

Enjoy the 2010 with an Osso Bucco, or with a spaghetti bolognese. 

Enjoy now through 2026.

**Please serve at 58°-62°F (20 minutes in the refrigerator before drinking.)

Starting a harvest with a baby due at any second is something you'll never forget. After racking the Viognier to barrel for fermentation, I ran off to take my wife to the hospital not knowing what to expect!  Joshua arrived in typical winemaker fashion at the beginning of harvest, on September 18, 2009!  

Wanting to commemorate this historic event, I bottled a "barrel select" from his vintage. I carefully selected the best five barrels of Pinot Noir and wrote his name on the head of the barrel in chalk.  

Three barrels of Julia's Vineyard Pommard clone, and two barrels of Sierra Madre Vineyard Clone 777 & 2A were blended together to form this special three clone Santa Maria Valley Cuvee. 

I look forward to having Joshua re-write the wine notes for his birth year wine as we drink the wine together some day in the future.  

Bottled unfined & unfiltered.

122 cases produced

Please serve at 58°F-64°F