What does it take to become a Ravenswood Single Vineyard Designate? A location ideally suited to the great variety planted in it: old, low-yielding vines grown by meticulous and experienced growers; specific, consistently distinctive flavors that make this a unique; and, one can’t help but speculate, some unseen magic that this does it with an inimitable aura.
The Pickberry Vineyard is located on the slopes of Sonoma Mountain on the western side of the Sonoma Valley. Pickberry Vineyard got its name many years ago by then-twoyear-old Kristin Strotz, daughter of owners Cris and Lorna Strotz, due to the irresistible blackberry vines that grow on the property. Pickberry fruit (in this case grapes, as opposed to blackberries) has traditionally produced opulent, berry-saturated, Bordeaux-style wines.
The 2008 Pickberry is dark and dense in appearance with perfumed, ripe Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, and Petit Verdot aromas. Scents of red currant, cured tobacco leaf, and musk herald the chewy cassis flavors that highlight the impressively dense, spicy, mineral-driven, and remarkably soft floral finish. This wine will age to graceful elegance in 10 to 15 years.