Lovely intensity and drive to the aromas of wild blackberry and boysenberry alongside floral and dried herb complexity. Notes of lavender and pine needle add intrigue. The palate is immediately fruit-driven—crunchy, layered, and deep with brambly intensity and white pepper lift. The wine expands to a plush, velvety mid-palate with supple texture and gravelly mineral tannins. Rising blue fruits appear toward the finish, which is plush and seamless, gaining in elegance over time. Drink this on the young side to experience the wine’s glorious youthful exuberance.
Thick and tangy, this wine offers great acidity, length and power, with amazing shocks of white and black pepper. Leather, lavender and dark cherry combine in a forceful reckoning of savory and edgy intensity that does justice to the variety and the vintage. Enjoy best from 2030–2035. - 95pts Wine Enthusiast
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About the Producer
“As a ‘vineyard up’ winery, we remain very close to the ingredients, close to the vineyards. Our winemaking technique is secondary to what we achieve in the field.”
“It takes time to discover a vineyard’s defining characteristics and even longer to employ the right winemaking technique to draw out those features in the wines. It requires sensitivity, a lightness of touch. We try not to layer in too many winemaking techniques. We try not to obscure the vineyard character. Ultimately, this allows us to achieve a more complex, multi-dimensional, effortless quality in our wines.”
The Hoppe-Kelly is planted on a steep hillside and features rocky, iron-rich, weathered volcanic soils that add an extra dimension of structure to the wines.
We planted the Jentoft Vineyard in 2007 using our own historic vine selections. Once a vine hits about 9-10 years old, the uniformity of the vine growth becomes regular and defined and the resulting fruit quality really takes a strong step ahead.
We collaborate very closely with our growers, from pruning through to the day of harvest. We work together to express their piece of land in a way that draws out the unique characteristics of each parcel.
"Our goal is to make site driven wines that taste of place, so our wines will naturally express the unique characteristics of the vintage which allows for new and exciting favorites every year."
Many mornings are spent in the vineyards, collecting samples for analysis, tasting fruit, and monitoring the vines.
Through our connection to the land, to the fruit, and to the season, we are able to identify different expressions of a single site and determine our blends in the vineyard before the wine ever reaches the cellar.
