“Every single wine on the table bears a family resemblance to the other in its blackness of fruit, precision of fruit expression, and shape of the wine in the mouth. There is such a sense of place in these wines; the incredible mid-palate focus and austerity of structure translate the barely subdued wildness of the landscape. Th
ere is a perfume to the place that is both aromatic and structural. The trees and shrubs that make up the vast part of this ranch and that run up the slope of hill and shape the intrusions of vine seem to exude summer; you can smell the aromatic oils from the myriad bushes waft over the vines and scent the whole hillside…indeed, seem to scent the very wines made from these grapes. Every single wine on the table has a sense of authenticity and a sense of a very specific home to it.”
Excerpt From: Steven Kent Mirassou. “Lineage: Life and Love and Six Generations in California Wine.”