Heritage Collection wines released

This week, we release the first of our Heritage Collection wines, wines crafted to express a sense of place, providing an emotional connection to the earth in which they were grown. Fruit for our Heritage Collection is meticulously selected from the outset- sourced, grown, and harvested only for the program. The wines are crafted with a rigorous attention to historical, more natural winemaking practices. Heritage Collection wines are extremely limited in production, limited not by design, but as a result of scarcity of fruit and the labor intensive way in which these wines are made.

Two wines have been selected to debut this collection- the 2010 Cabernet Franc and the 2011 Fume’ Blanc. The Cabernet Franc expresses densely layered richness of cherry and coffee and plum, while still maintaining its varietal identity. The wine offers a breathtakingly long finish that affirms its Livermore heritage.

The 2011 Fume’ Blanc is rich and creamy, filled with exotic spices of clove, nutmeg and ginger that support an undercurrent of minerality and the wonderful fruit that defines Livermore Valley.