WINEMAKING
“My goal is to make charismatic wines with lots of flavor and aromatics, but without sacrificing elegance. I try to soften the tannins and make wines that are very intense, but they must also be balanced and authentically convey the character of the vineyards.” -Winemaker Paul Colantuoni
After purchasing our first vineyard in 1999, we hired Winemaker Celia Welch Masyczek to help make our dream of producing wines a reality. In September of 2008, Celia passed the baton to rising star Paul Colantuoni, who will continue her legacy of crafting world-class wines from our beautiful vineyards.
Paul’s winemaking style is the perfect mix of old-world finesse and new-world exuberance. He believes that excellent wines start with excellent vineyards, and that gentle, minimal care is essential to transforming fantastic fruit into fantastic wines, and he shares our belief that 90% of great winemaking is done in the vineyard. He uses long, slow fermentations, frequent punchdowns, gentle pressing and extended barrel aging.
Our wines are bottled without fining or filtration to express all the rich varietal character of the fruit.
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