2008 Wines

In 2008, we expanded into new blocks within our distinguished vineyards and produced two new wines: our 2008 Saralee's Vineyard Viognier from the Russian River Valley and our 2008 Casatierra Vineyard Syrah from Fiddletown. Overall production was less than 500 cases.

The Harvest

2008 was a year of extremes for many vineyards in Northern California, from the late frosts of the spring (some of the hardest in 35 years) to forest fires blanketing vineyards with haze throughout parts of the summer. Even as things began to calm later in the summer, ten days of intense heat suddenly raced some vineyards past the finish line. Somehow, in the face of each of these extremes, and in the care of our thoughtful growers, each of our vineyards amazingly emerged with great promise for the vintage. After many twists, our 2008 harvest began at the exact same time, almost to the hour, as in 2007 with our Syrah from Casatierra Vineyard. Safe from the heat that early September portended, we saw mild and steady weather during which flavors were gently able to peak. Following the Syrah, we picked our Pinot Noir from Fairview Road Ranch and our Pinot Noir and Viognier from Saralee's Vineyard all within a week of each other at the end of the month and into October. A warm and dry October ripened our Roussanne until October 22.

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