When we talk about wine, we talk about where we taste it on our palate in addition to what it tastes like. Wine writers like to compare the flavor to other fruits and rather esoteric flavors such as wood, tar, tobacco, etc. Each grape flavor focuses on a particular region of the palate. This is our art. It’s what we like best about making wine. It sets us apart from the big industrial wineries, which make wine by recipe and don’t take the time to taste and blend. You can taste our art as well as our passion.

Vineyard Notes Peter Haywood’s Los Chamasal Vineyard climbs the steep walls of a small isolated box shaped valley near the town of Sonoma. This topography gives the vineyard a varied terroir. Recognized as one of Sonoma’s best growers, Peter lavishes as much care on his vines as we do on the wine. The partnership of winemaker and grower is exemplified in this Cabernet, made from only select vineyard rows, chosen by Robert and Peter, to exhibit the best micro-terroir of the vineyard, an opportunity seldom afforded a winemaker. Three Cabernet sections were selected, with 2 or 3 rows chosen from each. Two Merlot, and two Cabernet Franc sections were chosen.