2014 Ghostwriter Bates Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Louis Roederer damp underground cellar with minimal

damp underground cellar with minimal racking for approximately thirty (30) months

Turning the corner into the top wines

2017 Craven Faure Vineyard Pinot Noir

Christophe harvests it fully ripe

2014 Ghostwriter Bates Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Louis Roederer damp underground cellar with minimalOur Bates Ranch story would not be complete without mentioning the many bottles spanning many vintages of Val and Dexter Alhgrens Bates Ranch Cabernets that we have been drinking since about 2001. When they retired and we began farming their estate vineyard, we also fortuitously inherited their orginal block of Cab at Bates Ranch. The vineyard is located along historic Redwood Retreat Road near Mt. Madonna on the Gilroy side of the Southern Santa Cruz