This wine is 84% Marsanne and 16% Roussanne from the following vineyards: 76% Marsanne from the Ibarra-Young Vineyard in Los Olivos (Santa Ynez Valley), 8% Marsanne from the Rozet Vineyards in Templeton (Paso Robles), 10% Roussanne from the Stolpman Vineyard near Los Olivos, and 6% Roussanne from the Bien Nacido Vineyard (Santa Maria Valley).

Wine maker notes

This vintage certainly stands up with our best vintages of Marsanne, like 1991, 1994, 1999, and 2001. It’s a tad bigger and richer than those wines with the inclusion of the Rozet and Bien Nacido fruit, without giving up the basic character of the core component from Ibarra-Young. The wine shows that “wet stone” minerality with hints of peach pit, orange rind and almonds. In the mouth, the wine has significant weight but is balanced by the acidity and relatively low alcohol (13.2%).