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%

98% Syrah 2% Viognier 

Old vine Syrah from Oak Savanna Vineyard in Los Olivos, California

Located in the northern Los Alamos Valley, Premiere 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% Premiere 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.    

2013 PINOT NOIR SBC CASE SPECIAL (12 bottles)

Regular Price: $285.60

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

92pts Wine Enthusiast: "Beautiful aromas of roasted pork in a blackberry-licorice reduction sauce pick up a bit of grape candy before hitting the palate with black pepper, blueberries and solid tannins. It’s fun…"  — M.K.  (3/1/2015)  

The 2010 vintage from my 3 acre block of 38 short rows at White Hawk Vineyard in Los Alamos.  A blend of Clones 470 & 174. Perfectly balanced from a very long growing season at 13% alcohol. 

Blended with 4% Mourvedre, 3% Grenache, 2% Viognier.

This is a wine built to last, one I hope to be able to drink for the next 15-20 years!  (I recommend cellar ageing it for at least one to two years if possible to allow the bottle bouquet to develop more.

Vineyard Sources: 

92% White Hawk Vineyard in Los Alamos

8% Vogelzang Vineyard in Happy Canyon

Bottled unfined and unfiltered.   

Case Production: 530 cases  

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.)