Lot #8 ACTA Wine
ACTA Wine's core winemaking philosophy uses blending as a central tool, often only needing just touches of a secondary vineyard, varietal or cooperage to create a more compelling wine. However, from time to time the winemaking team comes across…
Lot #10 Aperture Cellars
“Block 12” is crafted from a single vineyard block at the famed Farrow Ranch, Aperture's eastern hillside Geyserville estate vineyard site. This is the first 100-point vineyard in Alexander Valley history. While the Aperture team works with…
Lot #11 Joseph Swan Vineyards, Arista Winery
Mark McWilliams of Arista Winery approached his friend Rod Berglund of Joseph Swan Vineyards and explained that the Pinot Noir wines produced by their respective vineyards have never been made by anyone than their two estate wineries. Arista…
Lot #22 Domaine de la Rivière
The "Barrel Brothers" auction lot is made from special barrel selections of Pommard and UV-Vosne Romanèe Pinot Noir clones from Domaine de la Rivière's estate, Vineyard eleven. The "Barrel Brothers" (Duff and Zak Bedrosian) worked with winemaker…
Lot #45 Mauritson Wines
The “1868” barrel auction lot pays homage to the Mauritson family history in the Rockpile region, as the family has farmed this property contiguously since they homesteaded it in 1868. Mauritson Wines has never before bottled a Cabernet…