› 1.34 Acres
› Planted in 1982
A French-American hybrid that is planted redominately east of the Rockies.
A thin-skinned, tight clustered variety that is easily infected with botrytis or grey mold. This disease can be devastating in some varieties, especially reds, but in vignoles, which we make into a late harvest, ‘noble rot’ is exactly what we’re after. This disease cracks the grape skins concentrating the sugar, making a luscious dessert wine.
The grape is fairly easy in the vineyard other than botrytis which can’t come too early because flavors won’t be as developed, so we have to watch it because botrytis can explode some years.
Our Late Harvest Vignoles has been a multiple medal winner over the years with our current vintage taking the Best of Class in the LA Wine competition. Vignoles is unique because while lusciously sweet there is enough acidity to keep that sweetness in balance.
Awards
› Gold Medal-Long Beach Grand Cru
