A blend of a number of vineyard blocks at Bien Nacido and Dierberg in Santa Maria Valley along with pieces of holdings down in the Santa Rita Hills. This wine sees less than 10% new wood and the wine is left to rest on its lees for about a year before it is moved to tank for the last few months prior to bottling to ensure the wine's tension, elegance, and precision.
A blend of a number of vineyard blocks worked with at Bien Nacido Vineyard in Santa Maria Valley along with various pieces of holdings down in the Santa Rita Hills. The winemaker used very little new wood, never stirred the lees and took the cuvee to tank for the last number of months before bottling to ensure the wine's tension, elegance, and precision.
Set across a small creek from the rest of the vineyard, Block 5 tends to produce a wine a little darker and richer than in other parts of the vineyard. Here the soils tend to be a bit more red in color and we find more clay as well. This combination of soil, along with the parent rock found about three feet down, provides ‘Block 5’ the opportunity to produce a wine with bit more structure and depth. Alcohol 13.1% 123 Cases Produced Dark Cherry, Orange Rind, Tea leaf, Iron, Licorice, Leather
Comprised of predominately fruit from the Santa Rita Hills and the balance from Santa Maria Valley. Tyler Winery looks at their appellation bottlings as a chance to over deliver. There is only the highest quality fruit used from exceptional parcels around the County. The 2013 version is a well structured wine boasting both beautiful, delicate red fruits, and sea driven minerality.