Sonoma County Barrel Auction


These Sonoma County Barrel Auction lots were auctioned off on May 3, 2024. Stay tuned for next year's 2025 SoCoBA lots!



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Lot #6 Balletto Vineyards

This “Classic Sebastopol Hills” custom blend encompasses the best of the Balletto family’s Sebastopol Hills vineyard sites. It features grapes from the warm sun on Cider Ridge, the cool north-west facing Sexton Hill, and finally the vineyard…
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Lot #7 Alexander Valley Vineyards

Alexander Valley Vineyards (AVV) and the Wetzel family have a long history with Zinfandel. The culmination of their decades with the varietal was recognized in December 2023 with Wine Spectator's Top 100 list announcement. Alexander Valley Vineyards…
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Lot #25 Emeritus Vineyards

“Untamed” is cool-climate Pinot Noir in one of its rarest forms: crafted from two small blocks of the Hyde clone at the Emeritus estate Hallberg Ranch Vineyard that yield only a few tons each harvest. Never before bottled on their own, these…
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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.…
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Lot #30 Marimar Estate Winery

Marimar Estate has been growing and making Tempranillo for 15 years, but this is the first barrel selection from their finest lots to make a special small bottling. The lot name “TEMP'rature Rising” is a play on words with Tempranillo and…
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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 #60 Gary Farrell Vineyards & Winery, Three Sticks Wines

“Clone Alone” packs a double one-two punch: Made from one Grand Cru vineyard with one exceptional clone all alone from two meticulously tended vineyard blocks by two visionary winemakers. Situated at the zenith of the Petaluma Gap, Gap's…