Winemaker Notes

Botanica is an expression of the fecundity and fertility of the flora of this place. It tends towards sappy, sanguine, with a taste of wild rose, sour cherries, and blood orange. It is tempting to define it solely by its compelling texture and lush personality, but there is a structural element that is equally striking. This balance between extraordinary concentration and pronounced tension is the essence of the wine.

Winemaker : Maggie Harrison

Winery Notes

We approach winemaking with the goal of making the most beautiful wines that are possible in any given vintage. We eschew dogma and trend, refuse to call decisions out in advance, and strip away bias in the blending process. What that means is that we take a sample from every single barrel of, in this case, pinot noir or chardonnay, in the cellar, and we put them into numbered sample bottles. We move through these blind samples and start putting things together and taking them apart in every different way we can think of, looking for harmonies that exist in the cellar, for those places where we can find the ignition of beauty.