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*NEW 2010 Chardonnay Bien Nacido Vineyard “Y-Block,” Santa Maria Valley
Great balance with bright acidity are the trademark of this wine. It is barrel
fermented in 25% new François Fréres Burgundy barrels which frame the crisp
apple and asian pear flavors with a lovely savory, buttered toast finish.
Buy for $20.00 ea
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2008 Chardonnay, Bien Nacido Reserve “Block Eleven,” Santa Maria Valley
Grown on a steep north by northwest facing hillside to soften the sun exposure,
this chardonnay is barrel fermented and aged in 60% new François Freres barrels
for 18 months. It exhibits a distinct minerality with classic citrus and pear
aromas and flavors, with hazelnut and creamy oak overtones. Great structure
and pure flavors are the hallmark of this pedigreed wine.
$30.00 ea
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*NEW 2010 Bien Nacido Cuvée, Santa Maria Valley
50% viognier & 50% chardonnay from the Bien Nacido Vineyard. This wine
blends exotic floral and peach aromatics from ripe viognier enhanced with tart
green apple and lively acidity of early picked chardonnay. This is a delicious,
quaffable wine that’s a great foil for Asian flavors and satisfying on its own as an
aperitif.
$20.00 ea
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*NEW 2010 Marsanne Santa Ynez Valley
The marsanne is grown at the Ibarra-Young and Purisima Mountain Vineyards.
It is fermented in neutral barrels and blended with 15 – 20% Roussanne from
Bien Nacido Vineyard that is fermented in one year old barrels. This wine
exhibits flinty, mineral flavors with peach pit, citrus and hazelnuts followed by a
honeyed finish.
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*NEW 2008 Roussanne “Bien Nacido Hillside Estate,” Santa Maria Valley
100% Tablas Creek clone of roussanne grown on a west facing hillside at the
Bien Nacido Vineyard. This wine is fermented in 1-year old François Freres
Burgundy barrels and aged for 1-1/2 years. Lush on the palate with bright
acidity the wine exhibits green pear aromas, ripe peach flavors, with honey and
hints of marzipan.
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* NEW 2009 Syrah “Central Coast”
This is a classic Central Coast syrah, combining the spice and acidity of the cool climate grapes with the forward fruit of the warm climate grapes. It has the balance to be age worthy...in fact we just received an email the other day from a customer telling us how much they enjoyed a bottle of our 1989 Syrah-Central Coast! Best to drink it though and save your cellar space for our single vineyard syrahs.
$17.00 ea
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* NEW 2009 Los Olivos Cuvée
A blend of Syrah and Mourvedre from Ibarra-Young Vineyard and Grenache from Purisima Mt. Vineyard in Santa Ynez Valley. This elegant wine is aged for 15 months in neutral barrels which help showcase the pure flavors of wild cherries, berries and spice with gorgeous acidity and length.
$25.00 ea
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Syrah “Bien Nacido Vineyard” Santa Maria Valley
This wine is classic cool climate Syrah with elegance and balance. On the palate pure flavors of dried raspberry, blueberry with hints of cola nut framed by spice. 25% whole cluster fermentation enhances the distinctive pepper notes. The wine is aged for 15 months in 30% new French oak barrels.
$28.50 ea
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Syrah “Purisima MountainVineyard”
The Purisima Mountain Vineyard is owned by the Beckmen family (Beckmen Winery) and is located a few miles west of Los Olivos on Ballard Canyon Road in the Santa Ynez Valley. Steve Beckmen farms the vineyard using strict biodynamic methods. Each year this is one of our top syrahs and also one of our most elegant. The aromas always remind me of lilacs with hints of raspberry and spice. This is a wine you can enjoy now or put away in the cellar for a good 10 years. Only 6 barrels produced.
$35.00 ea
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*NEW 2009 Grenache, Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard, Edna Valley
The 100% biodynamic Grenache grapes are destemmed and fermented with the grapes native, wild yeast and is aged sur lees for 17 months in neutral barrels. This is elegant yet racy with wild cherry, spice and herbs-de-Provence flavors and shows great intensity and balance.
$35.00 ea
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*NEW 2009 Syrah, Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard,
Edna Valley
Grown at our biodynamic vineyard this a selection from 4 sections of hillside vines and made from 7 different Syrah clones. The wine has lush berry flavors framed by distinctive spice aromatics. It is 25% whole cluster fermented and aged for 16 months in 30% new French oak barrels and bottled without fining or filtration.
$35.00 ea
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Syrah “Bien Nacido Hillside Estate”
Made from the southwest facing, low yielding hillside at Bien Nacido Vineyard, the grapes for this wine have the winemaker’s special touch. About 10 -15% of the juice is barrel fermented ‘en saignée’ which adds a toasty mocha complexity. The wine is aged for 20 months in 60% new Burgundy barrels. The wine is concentrated with rich pure fruit framed by integrated spices and has great balance.
$45.00 ea
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*NEW 2009 Syrah, Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard, Edna Valley “Sonnies Vineyard”
This is the best wine from a rigorous barrel selection (8 bbls) and is made from the Alban Syrah clone blended with 15% UCD-1 clone. The wine is 30% whole cluster fermented and aged for 16 months in 50% new Ermitage barrels. The wine has great depth and complexity with tremendous pepper spice balanced with intense savory fruit. This was named after Sonnie, Bob’s mother and the matriarch of the family.
$55.00 ea
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Syrah, Nielson Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley
This wine has bright black pepper and rich berry aromas. It is full bodied on the palate with a lovely velvety texture and is rich with bright, spicy raspberry and black fruit flavors on the palate with a long smoky finish. 150 cases produced.
$35.00 ea
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Syrah “Bien Nacido X-Block” 25 Anniversary
A special bottling from the oldest block at BNV which was planted in 1973 to Reisling and grafted to Syrah (Estrella clone) in 1986. This low yielding block is 80% whole cluster fermented and aged in 75% Hermitage barrels for 20 months. This is incredibly intense wine with smoked meat, tar, leather and blueberries and hard spice. The wine has a firm grip and is incredibly age worthy.
$100.00 ea
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