From the Balistreri Estate Vineyard, where our Winemaker's love affair with his craft began in his teenage years, comes this rich & complex Pinot Noir. Presenting dark, ripe fruit on the nose with subtle herbal notes, your first sip of this wine will convey its complexity. An overtone of smokiness accompanies the strong dark cherry and blackberry flavors to coat your palate, followed by hints of tea and spice. The tannin structure and exquisite acid balance of this wine gives it fantastic aging potential, so enjoy it right away or age for up to 10 years.

This wine is a part of our Library Collection, which is comprised of a select group of our most age-worthy & rare wines. There are just three vintages (2014, 2015, 2016) of our Legacy Estate Merlot remaining in any significant quantity. 

This wine is a part of our Library Collection of wines, which are a select group of our most age-worthy & rare wines. Emma’s Vineyard lies just 11 miles from the Pacific Ocean on a West-facing hillside. This makes for a beautifully elegant wine, with a bright acidity and rich fruit. It also possesses a delightful minerality, which balances out the acidity. 

One of Gio’s favorite vineyards, Emma’s is one he drives by on the way to his daughter’s school. He took over farming the vineyard in 2019. Planted in 1998 to Dijon clones in prized Goldridge soils, it faces west and is organically farmed. For this vintage, he chose all clone 667, from the top of the hill, overlooking an apple orchard.

This wine is a part of our Library Collection wines, which are a select group of our most age-worthy & rare wines. This Pinot Noir is from the second oldest remaining vintage produced from our Legacy Estate Pinot Noir Vineyard, which was planted in the late 90's, and inherited by us in 2008 and removed in 2017, so this wine among the last remaining vintages from this vineyard.