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 #13 Davis Bynum
The name “Billy Swan” pays tribute to both the Billy Gregori vineyard in the Green Valley of the Russian River Valley and the Swan Pinot Noir clone from which it is made. The celebrated Goldridge sandy loam soils of the cooler Green Valley…
Lot #21 Davis Bynum
One of the original icons of Sonoma County wine, Davis Bynum was the very first vintner to produce a single vineyard Russian River Valley Pinot Noir. This never before, never again Pinot Noir, crafted from Bynum’s favorite clones, is an elegant…
Lot #28 Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery
Ferrari-Carano has never created a blend of the three Cabernet Sauvignon blocks that are selected for their PreVail Wines - West Face, Lookout Tree, and Back Forty. “PreVail Trio” is the first wine to represent all three wines in one bottling.…
Lot #31 Merriam Vineyards
“Downeast Old Wente” is a block-designated wine from Eastside Estate Vineyard. The grapes from this mono-clone block are hand-picked, pressed and fermented independently to distinguish its unique characteristics from the rest. Winemaker…
Lot #37 Gary Farrell Vineyards & Winery
Historically, the New River Block 777 is picked and fermented with all of the Old River Block fruit; however, because of the cool, long growing season that was the 2023 vintage, this section of vines was allowed to ripen for an additional week…
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…