I’m becoming more and more convinced that the Viognier from this estate is the best example of the variety in the United States

marrying fruit from Calistoga

the 2018 Syrah High Contrast Vineyard offers the darkest and broodiest nose of the range this year

Aged in oak for 6 months

aniseed and orange peel

2021, LIOCO SoCo Sonoma County Chardonnay White Zinfandel I’m becoming more and moreAll of the unhinged hyperbole about the 2021 vintage may be justified. A second year of extreme drought in California set the table for a record small crop and put the vines into high stress mode. The intelligent plants, struggling in soil devoid of any moisture, responded by setting very few clusters in the Spring. The clusters that made it were miniaturized, doll house, baby clusters. Growers were not pleased. Winemakers were though. As is the case