Santa Lucia Highlands

  • Arcadian Pinot Noir Sleepy Hollow

    Arcadian Pinot Noir Sleepy Hollow

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    Bright red. Spicy redcurrant and strawberry on the nose, with a zesty white pepper quality adding energy. Shows deeper cherry and plum on the palate, but also offers vibrant minerality and a suave floral pastille character. Finishes with a crisp, exotic orange peel flavor and impressive length.
  • Arcadian Pinot Noir Pisoni

    Arcadian Pinot Noir Pisoni

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    Layers of fruit flesh out on a broad-shouldered structure, easily filling out the wine’s frame. Attractive spiced notes develop in the glass as this fleshy, radiant Pinot flows through to the generous, inviting finish.
  • Arcadian Pinot Noir

    Arcadian Pinot Noir

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    The grapes undergo a tremendous amount of triage (sorting) both in the vineyard and in the cellar. I consider this to be one of the most significant practices we employ. We can truly say only the best grapes go into our fermenters. Once they are received into the cellar we subject them to another sorting on the table and then into the fermenters. This whole cluster fermentation technique we believe contributes significantly to the aromatics and texture of our wines. It is the gentlest manipulation of Pinot Noir grapes possible. Once in the fermenters we cover the cap in dry ice to arrest any spontaneous fermentation that may occur. We prefer a pre fermentation maceration (cold-soaking) allowing the color and flavor to be extracted in the absence of fermentation for two or three days. During this time we pigeage (foot tread) twice a day increasing to five times a day at peak fermentation. The wine is usually pressed of at 1 or 2 brix into François Freres barrels from the Allier forest in the center of France. The wine will remain in barrel for 16 months without racking and will be bottled without fining or filtration. This wine received an additional six months of bottle ageing before release.
  • Arcadian Syrah Gary

    Arcadian Syrah Gary’s

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    The grapes undergo a tremendous amount of triage (sorting) both in the vineyard and in the cellar. They were crushed using a Demoissey destemmer / crusher and were inoculated and punched down immediately to get relatively warm fermentations. We wanted to bring out as much of the natural earth and spice flavors that the berries contained. The total fermentation time was 12 days the resultant wine went directly to barrel and was aged 22 months before being bottled unrefined and unfiltered.
  • Arcadian Chardonnay Sleepy Hollow

    Arcadian Chardonnay Sleepy Hollow

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    Greenish-yellow color. Pungent pineapple, tangerine and peach aromas are complicated by smoky minerals and brown spices. Rich and weighty but energetic too, offering sweet citrus and tropical fruit flavors and a chewy texture. Nervier on the finish, which features a note of lemon peel and very good clarity and persistence.
  • Luli - Sara Floyd Syrah

    Luli – Sara Floyd Syrah

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    Rich and spicy. As the last variety to ripen in the cold Santa Lucia Highlands, the fruit has much time to develop its flavor complexity, color and richness. Our Syrah production extensively uses whole cluster fermentation to enhance aromatics and texture.
  • Luli - Sara Floyd Chardonnay

    Luli – Sara Floyd Chardonnay

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    Vibrant and lively. Luli Chardonnay is sourced from sustainably farmed vineyards in the Santa Lucia Highlands, a cool-climate appellation that ensures bright acidity. The vinification captures this energy. The fruit is fermented in both neutral barrels (older cooperage that no longer imparts wood flavor) and tanks. While the barrels provide texture and lees contact, the tanks provide vibrancy and freshness.
  • Luli - Sara Floyd Pinot Noir

    Luli – Sara Floyd Pinot Noir

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    Full-bodied and complex with bright aromatics. Our flagship wine is sourced from several sustainably farmed vineyards in the Santa Lucia Highlands. As with all Luli wines, the Pinot Noir is hand-harvested and hand-sorted. After the fruit undergoes a fermentation with native yeast, the wine is aged in barrels for 9-10 months. Bottling is done without fining or filtration to maintain the purest sense of the wine.
  • Pisoni Vineyards Pinot Noir "Lucia"

    Pisoni Vineyards Pinot Noir “Lucia”

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    The Lucia Pinot Noir is a blend from the three vineyards in the Santa Lucia Highlands farmed by the Pisoni Family: Pisoni, Garys' and Soberanes Vineyards. This wine is a wonderful representation of the Santa Lucia Highlands and these estate vineyards. The goal is to create a "world-class" appellation blend; barrels for this wine are hand selected, just as for the single-vineyard wines.
  • Pisoni Vineyards Pinot Noir Gary

    Pisoni Vineyards Pinot Noir Gary’s Vineyard

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    Planted in 1996, the namesake vineyard of the two Garys (Pisoni and Franscioni), is a classic Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir: vibrant and lively aromatics followed by full-bodied fruit and spice character woven together.
  • Pisoni Vineyards Pinot Noir Pisoni Estate

    Pisoni Vineyards Pinot Noir Pisoni Estate

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    The Lucia Pinot Noir is a blend from the three vineyards in the Santa Lucia Highlands farmed by the Pisoni Family: Pisoni, Garys' and Soberanes Vineyards. This wine is a wonderful representation of the Santa Lucia Highlands and these estate vineyards. The goal is to create a "world-class" appellation blend; barrels for this wine are hand selected, just as for the single-vineyard wines.
  • Pisoni Vineyards Pinot Noir Soberanes

    Pisoni Vineyards Pinot Noir Soberanes

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    The Pinot Noir from Soberanes Vineyard is traditionally our most perfumed and aromatic wine in the cellar. Beautiful, elegant and pure, while at the same time rich and complex, the Soberanes Pinot Noir is a wine that shows remarkably well young or after aging for some time in the cellar.
  • Pisoni Vineyards Syrah "Gary

    Pisoni Vineyards Syrah “Gary’s Vineyard”

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    The Garys' Syrah is a very focused and intense wine. The wine is traditionally very floral and spice driven with a core of firm acidity that ensures the wine will age well for much time in the cellar.
  • Pisoni Vineyards Rose of Pinot Noir "Lucy"

    Pisoni Vineyards Rose of Pinot Noir “Lucy”

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    Zesty and ripe, but balanced with solid acidity. Offers floral strawberry aromas and crisp raspberry, peach and spice notes. Drink now
  • Pisoni Vineyards Chardonnay "Lucia"

    Pisoni Vineyards Chardonnay “Lucia”

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    Lucia Chardonnay is a blend of fruit from the Pisoni and Soberanes Vineyards. This wine is a wonderful representation of the Santa Lucia Highlands and these estate vineyards. The goal is to create a "world-class" appellation blend; barrels for this wine are hand selected, just as for the single-vineyard wines.
  • Rock Wall Chardonnay

    Rock Wall Chardonnay

    Country: United States
    State: California
    Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
    This wine is ripe and tropical, showing it’s Santa Lucia identity with aromas and flavors of Fuji apple, Asian pear, and a hint of spiced eggnog, caramel and vanilla.

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