2017 Native9 Pinot Noir, Rancho Ontiveros Vyd
"This slightly aged bottling is showing great right now, with bold aromas of dried cherry, blood sausage and thyme-spiked cranberry sauce showing on the nose. It's bold and rustic on the palate with charred meat, toasted wood and a dense core of dark, plummy fruits." -Matt Kettmann, 93WE
James Ontiveros is the ninth generation of Alta California Ontiveros' still farming the same valley that generations of his family have called home. Our wines tell a real story about the durability of truth, the people, and the earth itself. Through the struggle of a cold windswept coastal desert, these vines reach for water and nutrients in the depleted earth. When combined with purposeful farming in the cool Mediterranean climate, Santa Maria bears fantastic raw product for winemaking. Our singular goal at Ranchos de Ontiveros is to make wine as complex as the the story of how they came to be.
