“From the ancient soils of the Wahluke slope, a dark-dense structure goes on forever. Black currant, wild sage, black plum, fresh mushroom, and crushed rock make this serious wine sing with focus while delivering black raspberry, cigar wrapper, black pepper, and wet earth. Broodily serious and rockin’!” - Charles Smith, Winemaker

Entirely from the Northridge Vineyard, on loamy, fine sand over silica limestone, these ancient soils above the Missoula Flood plain are some of the best to grow fruit. This site is at higher elevation and has cooler evenings, which creates later ripening, lots of minerality, and concentration. A hidden gem!

The 2019 vintage was on the cooler side as it started to slow with a later-than-usual bud break and continued on to be fairly moderate throughout the year. Some vineyards had issues with an October freeze a bit earlier than usual, but our high-elevation vineyards have great air drainage which allows us to extend the growing season late into October without freeze. This yielded fantastic ripening and some awesome wines with incredible balance and character. Overall, we are excited about the wine produced in 2019, which has brought us more finesse, incredible flavors, and lovely balance.