Varietals & Pricing

GRAPES sourced from:

Santa Cruz Mountains
Full: $6250 • Half: $3125 ($21.70 per bottle)

Quarter: $1762.50 ($24.48 per bottle)

Cabernet Franc
Chardonnay (Barrel Fermented or Stainless Fermented)
Old Vine Carignan
Pinot Noir

Napa Valley
Full: $7450 • Half: $3725 ($25.87 per bottle)

Quarter: $2062.50 ($28.65 per bottle)

Cabernet Sauvignon

INCLUDED:

Full Barrels Include:

Complimentary Analysis: pH, Titratable Acidity (TA), Alcohol % (ABV), Residual Sugar (RS) – Complimentary French oak staves – Complimentary Blending Trial up to two varietal additions – up to 2 opportunities to barrel taste your own wines during aging – Bottles, Corks & PVC Capsules

Quarter & Half Barrels Include:

Complimentary Analysis: Alcohol % (ABV) – up to 2 opportunities to barrel taste your own wines during aging – Bottles, Corks & PVC Capsules

WHITES:

Chardonnay: This premier California varietal grape yields a full-bodied, moderately acidic, dry austere wine that is magnificent with “light” foods, including rich cream sauces, or with fruit or cheese.

Pinot Grigio: French for “gray”, refers to grayish hue of the grape. Styles vary from crisp, light and dry, to rich, fat and honeyed. From France’s Alsace Region. Expect a crisp, light, dry wine.

REDS:

Aglianico: Domenico Estate Grown. Believed to be one of Italy’s best wine grapes, known for its bold flavors and firm structure, often described as full-bodied with high tannins and acidity. Common tasting notes include dark fruits like blackberry and black cherry, alongside savory elements such as leather, smoke, and tobacco. They can also exhibit notes of black pepper, game, and even hints of chocolate and spices. 

Barbera: A dark-skinned wine grape variety found in several Italian wine regions, including its native Piedmonti; naturally high in acidity, with a very deep ruby color, and full-body. For years it played a secret, supporting role in the production of Barolo. Flavors of dark cherry, dried strawberry, plum and blackberry.

Cabernet Franc: Generally blended with Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot as a Bordeaux Meritage. Generally lighter in color than Cabernet Sauvignon.  It is known for producing wines with red fruit flavors, like cherry and raspberry, along with herbaceous notes, and a medium body. While often used in blends, it can also be bottled as a single-varietal wine or used to make rosé.

Cabernet Sauvignon: Domenico Estate Grown | Amador County or Napa Valley. Originally from the Bordeaux region of France. The jewel in California’s Crown, know for its high concentration and age-worthiness!  It typically exhibits notes of black currant, cassis, and cedar, often with hints of bell pepper, mint, or tobacco, and is characterized by a dry, complex taste profile. The rich flavor and high tannin content in Cabernet Sauvignon make it a perfect partner for rich grilled meats, peppery sauces, and dishes with intense flavor.

REDS:

Grenache: A Rhône varietal that produces wines with high concentrations of fruit, tannin, and acids. Its flavors are most typically currant, cherry, and raisin, and its aromas are of black pepper, menthol, and licorice; intensely fruity and fat.

Merlot: In French it means “young black bird”. It produces wines generally softer, with higher alcohol content, rounded and more supple than Cabernet Sauvignon.

Montepulciano: Domenico Estate Grown. A red wine grape grown widely in central Italy, most notably its eastern Abruzzo, Marche and Molise regions. Confusingly, it is not planted in Montepulciano in southern Tuscany. This wine grape is appreciated for its soft flavors and strong color pigments. Gentle tannins and a low acidity create a medium bodied wine that is typically best consumed soon after bottling.

Mourvèdre: A Rhône varietal that is a wonderful blending component; its structure and mid-palate richness complement the openness, warmth and brighter acids of Grenache and the mineral, spice and tannin of Syrah; aromas of red fruit, chocolate/mocha.

Nero d’Avola: Domenico Estate Grown. Nero d’Avola is the most important red wine grape in Sicily and is one of Italy’s most important indigenous varieties. Its wines are compared to New World Shirazes, with sweet tannins and black cherry, black plum or peppery flavours. If you love full-bodied dry reds like Cabernet or Syrah then Nero d’Avola is your buddy. This lesser-known Sicilian grape variety deserves more recognition as a wine to be taken seriously.

Old Vine Carignan: A full-bodied red wine with a complex flavor profile, often described as earthy, savory, and fruit-forward. It typically features red and black fruit flavors like raspberry, cherry, and blackberry, along with notes of spice, earth, and sometimes even meaty or leathery undertones. Old vine wines often exhibit more concentrated fruit flavors, a silky texture, and a heightened sense of balance, with a nuanced interplay of tannins and acidity. They can also present distinct earthy notes and a fuller, more complex palate compared to wines made from younger vines.

REDS:

Old Vine Zinfandel: 25 – 90+ year old vines. Zinfandel is a chameleon, offering a range of styles. It can show bright fruit flavors like cherry and strawberry, earthy characteristics with mineral notes, and rich spices of clove, nutmeg and allspice. It can be hearty with robust tannins, depth and complexity, or have jammy blackberry and mocha flavors with layers of spice. This fruit-forward wine is ideal for long aging.

Petite Sirah: Petite Sirah is a full-bodied red wine known for its intense flavors, deep color, and high tannins. Despite its name, it is not a smaller version of Syrah, but a distinct grape variety also known as Durif.  Petite Sirah wines often exhibit notes of dark fruit, black pepper, and chocolate, and they pair well with rich, fatty foods and bold spices. Good for color & firmness in blends.

Pinot Noir: Famous red grape originating from France’s Burgundy region. At first glance, most Pinot Noir wines are pale to medium in color due to their thin skins. Pinot Noir has a unique profile dominated by aroma compounds known as esters. These give it a complex array of flavors, from ripe cherry and raspberry to intriguing undertones of forest floor, tea leaves, and sometimes even clove.  On the palate, Pinot Noir is usually light to medium-bodied, with lower tannins (thanks to those thinner skins) and high acidity, making it a wine of grace and subtlety.

Primitivo: Domenico Estate Grown Its DNA analysis has revealed that it is genetically equivalent to the Croatian grapes Crljenak Kaštelanski. The grapes have been grown in Croatia longer than anywhere else. Primitivo is now thought to have been introduced as a distinct clone into the Apulia region of Italy in the 18th century. Known as the twin brother or godfather of California’s Zinfandel. Deeply colored, rich, and concentrated with flavors of zesty cherry, clove, wild blackberry, raspberry and spice, round, full-bodied and jammy in flavor.

Syrah: Domenico Estate Grown.  Syrah is a clonal cousin of Petite Sirah, makes a full-bodied tannin red wine. Make it straight or use it in any blend. Syrah produces deeply colored and concentrated, rich, red wines with the ability to age and evolve for years or multiple decades in the best cases. Typical scents and flavors include blackberries, plums, black cherries, flowers, spice, earth, chocolate, licorice, blueberry, pepper and truffles.