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This wine explodes with aromas of lemon custard, matched with an undeniable freshness and hints of pineapple and exotic fruit. On the palate, the wine opens with bright fruit flavors, evolving into a rich mid-palate. A crisp, saline finish rounds out this expressive Chardonnay. Learn More

A densely saturated vibrant black/red color leads to a nose of pure black currants, at once inky yet penetrating. Studded with notes of dried thyme, anise and pipe tobacco, the aroma emerges as pure Cabernet. The entry is plump, supple and refined, enriched by blending with small amounts of Petite Verdot and Merlot.The palate is full and round, and not dumbed-down by heavy over ripeness: it maintains its Columbia Valley cut and precision. And there's no doubt about this wine's ageability; the balance of fruit and chemistry is right to take this many years in the cellar. Learn More

The 2010 vintage is more about nuance, advantageous sites, and attentive farming than grandeur and scale. Growing conditions were cool yet amply long enough for favorable ripeness, rewarding Gallica Wine with sublime balance and an undercurrent of alluring aromatics sometimes lacking in riper years. The wine whispers and represents the graceful side of cabernet sauvignon. Learn More

The Lindstrom Cabernet Sauvignon, grown on one of the warmer sites in Stags Leap District, shows off the cooler season to its full advantage, while still retaining the ripe cherry and cocoa powder characteristics so indicative of this growing area. Combining the dark tea and cocoa flavors with juicy ripe berry notes on the palate, this wine presents as a serious, fully ripe and complex offering even as it displays a sense of elegance and grace at the finish. Learn More

A brand built on hard work and a dream, it is in that spirit that jeff's wine will continue with his vision for making the best wines possible from an appellation as well loved for its people, as for its unmatched terroir Learn More

100% from the Sloan family's Barlow Homestead Vineyard this exceptional Chardonnay, from obsessively tended vines, is expressing a distinct sense of place. It confidently delivers pleasing minerality with subtle richness. Learn More

The most mature vineyards in the Sloan family's lineup, planted by Small Vines in 1999. Surrounded by woodlands and close to the coast, this meticulous vineyard is mild and temperate and makes a wine that is deeply layered and expresses the earth and forest that surrounds this unique location. Learn More

The small vines that grow on this low-vigor, bright-red, windy ridge always produce pea-sized berries, tiny clusters, and perfectly low yields. The wine consistently exhibits natural acidity and great structure indicative of this special place. Learn More

100% from the Sloan family's Barlow Homestead Vineyard planted in 2009. This amazing young site is already expressing itself in the wines showing great natural acidity, evident tannins, minerality, and even some distinct savory characteristics. Small Vines Wines is very excited about this precise inaugural offering. Learn More

A fascinating nose of black licorice, plum skin, tar, blackberries, grilled bread, talc, pine needles, mesquite, and white pepper, which pulls you deeper and deeper into the glass with every swirl. A dark, brooding and savory wine that displays the beauty of the balancing act between fruit and tannin. On the palate, this wine is all about texture: copious amounts of supple, juicy, and sweet black fruit cascade over the palate as the fine-grained tannins start at the front of the tongue and slowly move through the finish. Over time they quietly edge out the fruit, forming a gentle coating that demands a charred rare rib chop. Learn More

A stony coolness from the combination of the old vines and the stainless ferments brings a level of restraint and austerity that adds elegance to the layers that quickly build up on the palate. Fruit density from the low yielding vines and toasty notes from the barrel ferments add richness and length. For a cool climate chardonnay it displays remarkable amounts of fruit alongside the expected notes of citrus, stone and oyster shell brininess. Learn More

Brilliant ruby red. Heady aromas of candied red fruits, incense, and cola, with a sexy floral note building in the glass. Offers intense raspberry and bitter cherry flavors and hints of bright blood orange and spice cake, along with a touch of licorice. Silky tannins give shape and focus to a long, sharply focused finish that continues the floral note. Learn More

The palate starts of velvety, building up to flavors of dark berry and shaved chocolate. Tannins begin off delicate, clutching their delicateness and fine surface even as they become increasingly articulated. This is a wine that fills and coats the mouth, driving into a very long completion set apart by kinds of espresso beans and dark cocoa. Learn More

75% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Illustration reprents the core of the blackbird. Every element of its multi-faceted wine portfolio draws inspiration from this principally merlot composition. Illustration challenges the notion that cabernet sauvignon is the only age-worthy red wine crafted in the Napa Valley. "The heart is full of infinite possibilities." Learn More

71% Cabernet Franc, 19% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Blackbird Vineyards' Paramour possesses both sensuality and commanding structure. Cabernet franc and merlot have a fragile but irresistible chemistry that flourishes when climate, soils, and seasons align. Paramour reveals the passionate relationship between winegrower and the land. "Wine and the sensous go hand in hand." Learn More