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Lot #2 Banshee Wines
A unique opportunity brought Banshee Wines to source from the R&P Marcucci Vineyard (Block 7- Pommard Clone) and the Sonoma-Davis Vineyard (Block B2- Clone 2A) for the 2023 vintage. They have never blended these blocks from the two vineyards…
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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…
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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…
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Lot #16 Chalk Hill Estate Vineyards & Winery
“Winner’s Circle” is the first time a 100% Pinot Noir wine has been solely sourced from these two vineyards. The juxtaposition of the steep hillside rows in the Winner’s Circle vineyard and flat vineyard rows of the Trenton Old Barn…
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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 #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…
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Lot #49 River Road Family Vineyards and Winery
“Stephanie’s Select” is a special lot selection hand-picked by Winemaker Ed Morris during the 2023 harvest. The wine is named for the daughter of the original family who planted the Pinot Noir in River Road Vineyard. This estate vineyard…