Wine in Santa Rita Hills

What makes this area truly unique is the purely East/West maritime mouth that funnels cooling coastal fog, and wind to the vines. One of the smaller AVAs in California, Sta. Rita Hills is one of the world’s best cool-climate growing regions of Pinot Noir. This wine is focused, with bright strawberry and cherry notes and a subtle, pleasing tension. 95 Pts - Jeb Dunnuck (v.18) 95 Pts - Wine Advocate (v.17)

Discover Two Sisters Pinot Noir Beer. Is a carbonated, fermented alcoholic beverage. You can learn more about this beer and its availability here.

Our Vineyard Block Estate series is comprised of special lots, hand selected by our winemakers from the most exclusive wine districts and vineyards. This Pinot Noir exhibits aromas of fresh loam, tobacco leaf, cedar and dried fruits. It is a medium bodied wine, ruby red in color with balanced acidity which enhances the bright flavors of cranberries, raspberries and cherry cola.

Discover Wenzlau Vineyard ‘The Drawing Board’ Estate Chardonnay Beer. Is a carbonated, fermented alcoholic beverage. You can learn more about this beer and its availability here.

Discover Alma Rosa Bentrock Pinot Noir Beer. Is a carbonated, fermented alcoholic beverage. You can learn more about this beer and its availability here.

Discover Foley Johnson Sta Rita Pinot Noir Beer. Is a carbonated, fermented alcoholic beverage. You can learn more about this beer and its availability here.

Our Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir is bright red ruby in color and is bursting with cherries and baking spices, along with savory notes of lavender and star anise. The palate delivers dense dusty, cherry flavors with balanced acid and tannin structure, which carries onto a lovely finish.

This dense white wine exhibits aromas of Meyer lemon and tangerine, balanced by flavors of citrus, Key lime and sea salt. Only neutral barrels are employed. Whole cluster pressed chardonnay. We don’t promote or prohibit malolactic fermentation, allowing the wine to be in balance, bright and elegant.

1st in the US to be certified sustainable, organic & biodynamic. Braids of bing cherry and rhubarb with a dust of nutmeg. Fine grain tannis and smoked earth. Tangy acids balanced with delicate rose petals and hint of lavender.

Dark dark garnet color. Aromas and flavors of tapioca, cherry cobbler, and honey gelato with a silky, bright, dry-yet-fruity medium body and a smooth, stimulating, medium-length finish that shows suggestions of praline, buttercream, earth, and nutshell with fine, dusty tannins and light oak flavor. A rock solid pinot.

Our Pinot Noir was harvested in mid-August when we judged the acid/tannin/fruit balance was optimal. Unrefined and unfiltered, the 2014 Estate Pinot Noir is seamless. Notes of black cherry cola, hibiscus and black tea coalesce on a deep ruby rose backdrop as caramelized citrus, nutmeg and cardamom grace the bouquet. An integrated and harmonious wine with a medium weight mouthfeel, the 2014 Estate Pinot Noir leaves the mouth with a velvety texture and the thought of dried stone fruits. It was aged in 100% French oak barrels, 35% of which were new, for 12 months.

Delicate brass in color, with fruit driven aromatics of grilled pineapple, lemon zest, white peach and orange blossom springing from the glass. On the palate, notes of honey, fresh ginger and tarragon mingle with weightier impressions of sourdough bread, salted caramel and agave nectar. The wine boasts a rich and polished mouthfeel with a generous streak of acidity that anchors a chiseled and precise finish.

Product Description Full-bodied, but very spicy and intense with a clove, berry and spice undertone. Full and very polished and balanced. Intense. Super. California Vintage Notes 94 points Wine Spectator: Offers wonderful purity of fruit. Ripe rich intense and focused with tiers of currant black cherry and blueberry fruit that's simply delicious. Supple layered and complex. Long and lingering on the finish. Drink now through 2014. 800 cases made.

Discover Siduri Cargasacchi Pinot Noir Beer. Is a carbonated, fermented alcoholic beverage. You can learn more about this beer and its availability here.

Herbal and earthy, the layers of blackberry and cassis are lingering. Medium bodied with juicy flavors of raspberry and notes of dried herbs.

Discover Block 073 Chardonnay Reserve Beer. Is a carbonated, fermented alcoholic beverage. You can learn more about this beer and its availability here.

The 2011 "Summit" has complex aromas of fresh crushed raspberries, just ripened blackberries and nuances of white pepper, grilled meat, mineral and floral characters. Waves of layering with intense soft tannins that flesh over the palate carrying focused cherry, deep dark chocolate, limestone and minerality.

Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay comes exclusively from our two estate vineyards in the heart of this cool climate appellation. Enticing aromas of grilled peach, Meyer lemon, toasted hazelnuts greet the nose. The bright fruit and honey comb palate is nicely framed by crisp acidity and rich texture which carries to a long, clean finish.

This red wine has aromas of plum, raspberry, cocoa and hints of eucalyptus. Dark and red fruit flavors compliment the juicy mid-palate. Acidity is woven with firm tannins leading to a long finish. The Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir was sourced from our most esteemed vineyards in the AVA – Clos Pepe, John Sebastiano and La Encantada. These vineyards blended seamlessly to offer a full spectrum of fruit flavors. The finely tannic structure of the red wine weaves the flavors together against a backdrop of fresh acidity. Several whole-cluster fermentations (25%) added a pleasant earthiness to the wine, lending lift to the aromatics and a pleasant grip on the finish. This red wine is sure to be a crowd pleaser and is a celebration of the beautiful vintage in the Sta. Rita Hills.

Family owned by the Lafond family, they produce estate grown wine solely from the Santa Rita Hills appellation. A blend of two neighboring vineyards, this wine showcases the Santa Rita Hills ripe, concentrated Chardonnay for which the AVA is known. Its vibrant flavors - from the Lafond Vineyard and Hill Top Ranch - are reflected in this wine.