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What's to Come in 2019

For the 2018 vintage we are excited to announce two new wines from the Santa Ynez Valley and Bennett Valley:  Which will be release July 1, 2019 2018 Traverse "Jurassic Park" Chenin Blanc, Santa Ynez Valley: This unique site was planted in 1978 on own-roots. It sits at 1100ft in elevation on sandy, well-drained limestone rich soils. We foot-treaded 50% of the fruit before pressing it off to ferment in neutral oak and stainless steel drums. After primary fermentation was complete we racked all the vessels together to homogenize the wine before returning it to all neutral french oak barrels to age on the lees. We're very excited about this wine and couldn't be happier that it'll be our first...

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