Reserve Wines

This Dry Rose’ of Grenache exhibits notes of Strawberry, Stone Peach with hints of Red Ruby Grapefruit. Well balanced and round through the palate crafted in a traditional old world style using Native fermentation and produced in stainless steel. Appellation: Lodi  Alcohol: 12.5% / Native Fermentation Winemaker: Michael J McCay   Reserve: 11/23/22

The Abba Syrah is wonderfully  influenced by Lodi’s Southern Rhone climate. Full-bodied with softer tannins showing bright  jammy red fruit with notes of blueberry, spicy and candy. Red racy across the palate with soft lingering tannins. Native Fermentation. One hundred percent Syrah grown on the east side of Lodi’s AVA.

“This Vineyard is a challenge to manage due to the Smart Henry trellis system, but I love the quality of fruit it produces”…Grower Phil Abba

Reserve: May 12, 2023

This dry Rose’ of Grenache exhibits notes of Strawberry, Stone Peach with hints of Red Ruby Grapefruit. Well balanced and round through the palate crafted in a traditional old world style using Native fermentation and produced in stainless steel. Appellation: Lodi  Alcohol: 12.5% Native Fermentation Winemaker: Michael J McCay  Moved to Reserve 11/23/2022

Native Fermentation Winemaker: Michael J McCay

Reserve: May 12, 2023

A dry Rose’ of Grenache (Abba Vineyard Planted in 2007) and Cinsaut (Bechtold Vineyard planted in 1886). Strawberry, hints of Red Ruby Grapefruit with brilliant ruby red hue with notes of ripe orange, hibiscus and a hint of allspice. Well balanced and round through the palate this Rose’ is a perfect companion on a summers afternoon and pairs well with a many different food dishes. Native fermentation and produced in stainless steel.

Grenache blanc (also known as garnatxa blanca in Catalonia) is a variety of white wine grape that is related to the red grape Grenache. It is mostly found in Rhone wine blends. Its wines are characterized by high alcohol and low acidity, with citrus and or herbaceous notes. Its vigor can lead to overproduction and flabbiness. However, if yields are controlled, it can contribute flavor and length. Grenache Blanc for a food and wine paring works well with most types of seafood. However, it’s a perfect match for shellfish and of course, the famous dish of southern France, bouillabaisse. The 2019 Grenache Blanc, shows elements of green apple, herb and minerality, along with floral scents and refreshing acidity. This vineyard planted in the Sloughhouse sub AVA of Lodi Wine Country and thrives in the hot, dry and often windy conditions found in the Northern part of the Lodi Appellation.

Beautiful aromas of red fruits, licorice and black pepper, flavors of cherry and spice that lends a welcome sense of delicacy. The wine is quite dry and flavorful along the spiced and macerated red and black berry and plum range, and it’s powered by vibrant acidity for propulsive energy. Tannins, on the other hand, feeling carved from dusty underbrush, briers and brambles, are tranquil, deeply set and inexorable. 100% Native Fermentation.

This Dry Rose’ of Cinsault exhibits notes of Strawberry, Raspberry and Stone Fruit. Well balanced and round through the palate crafted in a traditional old world style using Native fermentation and produced in stainless steel. Appellation: Lodi  Alcohol: 12.5% / Native Fermentation Winemaker: Michael J McCay

This dry Rose’ of Grenache exhibits notes of Strawberry, Stone Peach with hints of Red Ruby Grapefruit. Well balanced and round through the palate crafted in a traditional old world style using Native fermentation and produced in stainless steel. Appellation: Lodi  Alcohol: 12.5% Native Fermentation Winemaker: Michael J McCay  Reserve on May 12, 2023

A show of tropical fruit and floral aromas, this opens with attractive scents of dry honeysuckle, honeydew melon and citrus leads the frame to guava, pineapple rind and red apple fruit core. Arriving medium-weight  on the palate, with bright, orange-laced acidity to lift. A final note of delicate stone fruit on the way back of the close. All stainless steel, native fermentation and 100% Chenin Blanc from the Hoffman Vineyard.

100% Cinsaut form the Bechtold Vineyard (Vineyard of the Year / Wine Institute) planted in 1886. Ripe cherries and raspberries are permeated by notes of cloves, allspice, briers, brambles and loam and wild tones of cranberry singing with purity and intensity; 100% Native Fermentation.

Beautiful aromas of red fruits, licorice and black pepper, flavores of cherry and spice that lends a welcome sense of delicacy. The wine is quite dry but flavorful along the spiced and macerated red and black berry and plum range, and it’s powered by vibrant acidity for propulsive energy. Tannins, on the other hand, feeling carved from dusty underbrush, briers and brambles, are tranquil, deeply set and inexorable. 100 percent Grenache aged in neutral oak with native fermentation.  Appellation: Lodi,  Winemaker: Michael J McCay.

Dark ruby at the center with a bouquet offering scents of raspberries and blueberries permeated by notes of cloves, lavender and graphite, and then, very lightly, a sort of red cherry licorice-cigarette paper element that lends a welcome sense of delicacy. This wine is quite dry but flavorful along the spiced and macerated red and black berry and plum range, and it’s powered by vibrant acidity for propulsive energy. Tannins, on the other hand, feeling carved from dusty underbrush, briers and brambles, are tranquil, deeply set and inexorable.  Reserve: May 12, 2023

Beautiful aromas of red fruits, licorice and black pepper, flavores of cherry and spice that lends a welcome sense of delicacy. The wine is quite dry but flavorful along the spiced and macerated red and black berry and plum range, and it’s powered by vibrant acidity for propulsive energy. Tannins, on the other hand, feeling carved from dusty underbrush, briers and brambles, are tranquil, deeply set and inexorable. 100 percent Grenache aged in neutral oak with native fermentation.  Appellation: Lodi,  Winemaker: Michael J McCay.