The 2019 growing season was outstanding the Santa Clara Valley allowing for a large crop with long hang time on the vine, giving intense and complex flavors. Spicy berry and dark cherry bring out the smoky oak notes in the aroma, followed by full bodied tannins and lush blackberry and rhubarb flavors. It’s time to BBQ with this wine in the warm weather.
2020 Estate Rosé
The 2020 growing season was beautiful in the Santa Clara Valley allowing for a long hang time on the vine. Strawberry, cherry cola and watermelon aromas harmoniously jump out of the glass in this delicious summer wine. They are complimented with juicy fruit and balanced acidity in the mouth. Enjoy this wine on your patio, in a park or just about anywhere you need a refreshing rose to brighten your day. Pair with a grilled pork chop with cherry compote.
2020 Sauvignon Blanc
Our delicious Sauvignon Blanc comes from two vineyards – San Saba Vineyards (66%) in Monterey and Triolo Vineyard (34%) in Gilroy. Each is meticulously farmed to produce the best grapes possible. Combining a cool weather vineyard with a warm weather vineyard allows us to get more complexity in the wine. Delicious aromas of white peach, gooseberry, grass and lime are accented by hints of vanilla oak spice from once used white barrels. The bright acidity in the mouth is rounded by viscosity from sur lee oak aging followed by flavors of lime, grapefruit and oak spice in the mouth. This wine is viscous yet has a good acid backbone to stand up to food. Share this wine on beautifully warm days with some fruit, cheese and your good friends.
2017 Tess’ Blend
The 2017 growing season started early with a heat wave over Labor Day in the Santa Clara Valley but then leveled out for lots of flavor and hang time. Our Tess’ Blend is made to represent the best the Verde Vineyard has to offer and is made to drink now, but will last years in your cellar.
This elegant and luscious wine starts with lots of blueberry and currant fruit followed by savory oak and leather from the vineyards. Let it sit in your glass and the secondary aromas of cedar, ripe cherry and orange peel show up. Those flavors carry over into the mouth where firm, yet silky, full mouth tannins take over. The finish lingers on the pallet with blackberry and tar that lasts forever.
This wine drinks well now, but is made to age for years to come. Drink with ribeye steaks when you and filet mignon when it has some age.
2019 Estate Rosé
The 2019 growing season was nearly ideal in the Santa Clara Valley allowing for a long hang time on the vine. Strawberry, cherry and watermelon aromas harmoniously jump out of the glass in this delicious summer wine. They are complimented with juicy fruit and balanced acidity in the mouth. Enjoy this wine on your patio, in a park or just about anywhere you need a refreshing rosé to brighten your day. Pair with BBQ Salmon or pork loin.
2019 Sauvignon Blanc
Our delicious Sauvignon Blanc comes from grapes grown at the foothills of the Santa Lucia Highlands in Monterey County. The 2019 growing season was perfect in the Monterey allowing for a long hang time on the vine, the grapes for this wine were harvested September 21, 2019. Delicious aromas of white peach, grass and lime are accented by hints of vanilla oak spice from once used Chardonnay barrels. The bright acidity in the mouth is rounded by viscosity from the oak aging followed by flavors of lime and oak spice in the mouth. This wine is viscous yet has a good acid backbone to stand up to food. Share this wine on beautifully warm days with some fruit and cheese and your good friends.
San Saba Vineyard:
This amazing vineyard was planted in 1974 and is located at the foothills of the Santa Lucia Highlands and produces grapes of incomparable depth and flavor. The grapes were hand-picked at the peak of flavor and pressed within hours of harvest to insure the flavor was maintained.
2020 Sunset Magazine International Wine Competition
GOLD MEDAL WINNER
2017 Tess’ Estate Blend
2018 Estate Syrah
The 2018 growing season was outstanding the Santa Clara Valley allowing for a large crop with long hang time on the vine, giving intense and complex flavors. Lots of blackberry, cherry and luscious fruits greet your nose in this medium bodied Syrah. Notes of smokey marshmallow, black pepper round out the aromas as the soft tannins greet your mouth. They are framed by juicy currant and butterscotch on the smooth finish. Bring out the BBQ and enjoy with a perfectly grilled hanger steak, or our Santa Maria style Tri-Tip.
2018 Estate Cabernet Franc
The 2018 growing season was outstanding the Santa Clara Valley allowing for a large crop with long hang time on the vine, giving intense and complex flavors. Cherry cobbler is the first flavor that this medium intensity, but complex, wine gives in the nose. Plum, pipe tobacco and eucalyptus round out the aromas followed by ripe plum and red fruit in the mouth and chalky, old world tannins. This wine is a perfect match for a savory plate of braised short ribs.
2018 Pinot Noir
Our delicious Pinot Noir comes from grapes grown at the foothills of the Santa Lucia Highlands in Monterey County. The 2018 growing season was perfect in the Monterey area allowing for a long hang time on the vine, the grapes for this wine were harvested October 4, 2019. The first release of our Pinot Noir is subtle and complex, delivering rose petal, spicy cinnamon and strawberry aromas with notes of clean earth, sweet tobacco and tar. The subtle tannins and raspberry flavors will go nicely with a tender pork loin served with cranberry compote.
Suggested Pairing: Veal Chops with Rosemary