Sonoma County Barrel Auction


Welcome to the 2024 Sonoma County Barrel Auction lots! The live auction events are planned for May 2-3, 2024 in Healdsburg, CA.

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Lot #3 Benziger Family Winery

“Mother Earth” is a distinctive first bottling from a single block of organically-farmed Old Wente Clone Chardonnay, sourced from the renowned Sangiacomo Vineyard. At Benziger, the Chardonnay grape isn't just a grape, it's a tiny, round…

Lot #5 Convene, by Dan Kosta

“Western Wind” is an expressive Pinot Noir forged in barrels coopered by Boutes, Sirugue & Rousseau in Burgundy. Dan Kosta loves the tension he tastes in this special wine from the West Sonoma Coast. It is a result of extreme growing conditions…
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Lot #12 Breathless Sparkling Wines

Founded by three Sonoma County sisters – Rebecca, Sharon, and Cynthia – Breathless Sparkling Wines is their tribute to their mother, Martha Jane, the remarkable woman who inspired it all. In the heart of Sonoma County, the sisters transformed…
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Lot #17 Deerfield Ranch Winery

Deerfield Ranch Winery’s “Sonoma Private Reserve Select” is a one-off Bordeaux style Meritage blend by master blender, winemaker and owner Robert Rex and winemaker, Cecilia Valdivia. Blended by taste from just the best tasting barrels…

Lot #20 Ernest Vineyards

Joyce Vineyard is the southernmost vineyard in the West Sonoma Coast AVA. Perched on a steep, southeastern facing slope and ringed by Redwoods and coastal pines, this isolated vineyard truly feels like standing on the “Edge of the World.”…
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Lot #32 Westwood Estate Winery

Dedicated to all the Pinot-philes, “Double Trouble” Pinot Noir from Westwood Estates is a celebration of Pinot Noir and its inherent complexity. Westwood’s Sonoma Valley AVA estate, the Annadel Gap Vineyard, is planted with nine diverse…
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Lot #33 Gloria Ferrer

“Brut Nature Rosé” has been crafted specifically for the Sonoma County Barrel Auction and has no added sugar (the added "nature" in the name indicates no sugar or dosage added), allowing the purity of the fruit to shine through. The Pinot…
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Lot #44 Peay Vineyards, Alma Fria

The West Sonoma Coast AVA is the newest Sonoma County appellation and the most extreme in weather and location. This “West Sonoma Coast Vintners: Annapolis-Sea Ranch” lot is a one-time-only collaboration from the outstanding 2017 vintage.…
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Lot #46 Nottingham Cellars

The 2023 vintage was the winery’s first year working with a handful of Cabernet Franc growers throughout Sonoma County. One site in particular, Nuns Canyon Vineyard in Moon Mountain, truly shined. It sits on a west-facing hillside at about…
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Lot #53 Rombauer Vineyards

The Sangiacomo family has farmed the Carneros region for generations. The fruit for “Home Ranch” comes from Home 82, the oldest block at the Sangiacomo family's original homestead located on the Sonoma County side of the cool, windy Carneros…
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Lot #55 Sojourn Cellars

Let's get down to the "bare" facts... Desnudo Vineyard (which translates into 'nude' in Spanish) is located on the southern end of the Mayacamas Mountains, and in the 1940s it was a nudist colony known as Sun-o-ma. The nudist ranch, in its heyday,…
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Lot #58 The Donum Estate

Selected from a block of Swan-clone Pinot Noir that used an experimental form of fungal control, in which no toxins are used to control mildew and botrytis, the vines were sprayed with beneficial fungi that outcompete the damaging mildew and…