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2 x 2011 Trentotto File Syrah - White Hawk Vineyard
2 x 2017 Syrah Oak Savanna
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2 x 2011 Trentotto File Syrah - White Hawk Vineyard
2 x 2017 Syrah Oak Savanna
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2 X 2014 Pinot Noir Coteau Palmer
1 x 2016 Pinot Noir Coteau Palmer
1 x 2011 Pinot Noir Cuvee Leah Mae
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1 x nv El Ojo Rojo Pinot Noir
2 X 2014 Pinot Noir Coteau Palmer
1 X 2016 Pinot Noir Coteau Palmer
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92 "Smooth and juicy, spicy and long with lush texture and a balanced finish; a lovely blend of six red varieties; rich and complex, long and deep." ADBlue, Blue Lifestyle (Tasting Panel)
Imagine Benjamin's Brain. Imagine Benjamin's Brain in a bottle. It's an insanely crazy blend of opposites that form magic when brought together.
2010, 2011 & a little 2013 Vintage: Red & Dark fruits, Spice, with a deep core of fruit. Perfect balance & a very versatile Red wine. Already a tasting room FAVORITE, top seller.
The Blend is mostly old vine Sangiovese from the Santa Maria Bench (49%)
Happy Canyon AVA See Clone Cabernet Sauvignon(31%) and Mourvedre (8%) Cabernet Franc (6%) Pinot Noir (3%) & Syrah (3%)
Sometimes, a big blend is better than the individual parts.
Alcohol: A Perfect 13.5%
100% Swiss clone 2A Pinot Noir from Premier Vineyard in Los Alamos. Whole cluster pressed, barrel fermented & then aged sur lees in 500L barrels for 9 months. Racked to tank for 6 months & bottled unfined & unfiltered. 135 cases produced. 13.4% alcohol/vol
98% Syrah 2% Viognier
Old vine Syrah from Oak Savanna Vineyard in Los Olivos, California
Very pretty floral, strawberry fruit nose, with a big ball of silky mouth-filling red fruit into a smooth seamless finish. Warning, the bottle will dissappear easily.
Clones 2A & 115 from Premier Vineyard in Los Alamos. 100% Stem inclusion fermentation.
138 cases produced. 13.5%
WE 92pts Editor's Choice
Three bottles of 2014 Pinot Noir Coteau Palmer for $90.00 plus tax
Located in the northern Los Alamos Valley, Premier Vineyard is at the intersection of 101 North and Palmer Road. "Coteau Palmer" or "Palmer Hillside" is my own fanciful description of this block, tucked back in a canyon, on a steep sandy hill.
Planted to Swiss Clone 2A and Dijon Clone 115, the vines are now over 20 years old. The block faces southwest, and enjoys fantastic exposure all day while being sheltered by the surrounding hills. Yields barely reach 2 tons per acre, and the clusters and berries are very small.
Characteristics of the vintage:
The 2014 vintage wines showed the serious drought was in effect with a high ratio of skins to juice. These wines have a silky feel and an enormous, dense mid palate that will carry them for many years ahead. Whole cluster fermentation adds multi dimensional aromatics and extra tannin to frame the big ball of fruit. The 2014 seems to be filled with energy & holding on tight ready to develop & unwind.
Vineyard: 100% Premier Vineyard Los Alamos
Alcohol: 13.2%
From the wind beaten hillside at White Hawk Vineyard, in silica rich ancient sand dune soils, comes our second vineyard designated release of 100% Sangiovese. The 2013 vintage Sangiovese WHK Vineyard is more open knit and dark fruit driven, earthy than the Oak Savanna. Aged in 700L French Oak barrels. Approachable now, and a glimpse of the bright future of Sangiovese in California. Only 100 cases produced. 13.8% alcohol.
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
The 2011 vintage was a cold late one, producing aromatic balanced, finessed wines with lower alcohol. The ancient sand dune soils at White Hawk Vineyard in Los Alamos, restrict vigor & maintain balance. My "trentotto file" or 38 short rows, split evenly between clones 470 & 174, were picked on the 28th of October after enjoying an extra two weeks of hang time.The fruit was 100% submerge cap fermented, bringing out a beautiful raspy red fruit, cranberry & strawberry nose, mixed with the sweet vanilla from 30% new American Oak barrels, and 70% seasoned French Oak barrels. Blended with 2% Viognier Cote-Rotie style. The 2011 was held in tank for an extended period, bottled in May 2021, at 10 years of age. Very spicy, smooth & balanced. Alcohol 12.9% 140 cases produced.
10 cases Left.
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