Bottling our 2019 Garnacha Blanca and 2017 Petite Sirah

Folks ask all the time about when’s the slow part of the season.  Well, when you have vineyards and a winery to keep up with, and host public tastings three days per week, the fact is - there really isn’t any down time! 

We recently bottled our 2019 Garnacha Blanca and 2017 Petite Sirah. The GB was fermented on-skins, (like red grapes), which creates an interesting texture and slightly orange-amber color.  The PS aged in American barrels for 3-years, then racked into tank, where it settled for several months.  They both tasted beautiful while sampling on the bottling line (love working in the winery, where drinking on the job is encouraged), and will only get better in the bottle.

As we ring in a new year, we’re planning to start barreling-down all the new wines, and put them to rest.  They already taste and smell amazing, and should be incredible in a few years.
Next-up, we’re planning to bottle the 2019 Cotes du Placer.  And, so it continues, with no real down-time in sight.