What exactly does letting the wines “find their voice” mean? It simply means that each wine should reveal a uniqueness, good balance and a sense of place. Each should differ, stand on its own and be indicative of the vintage and varietal characteristics. In order to attain this, winemaker/owner David Vergari takes a non-interventionist approach, which always takes patience and often takes courage!

Extensive fruit sorting is imperative to ensure quality results. In the vineyard, while the clusters are being hand-harvested, leaves and any unripe bunches are removed from the picking bins. At the winery, the grapes are pre-sorted before de-stemming and then again after crushing to remove any unwanted stars or jacks.

Cold soaking to extract color, flavor and tannins is employed until native yeast begin the fermentation. Malolactic fermentation occurs in French oak barrels from a selection of coopers that David respects. He varies the percentage of new oak in each vintage based on how it will marry with the wine believing that the oak should not take center stage, but instead integrate with the fruit and acids of the wine.

David’s goal is to create wines of balance, with subtlety and seamlessness. “Wine is dynamic, going down many paths on its way to becoming something unique. Oftentimes I help it along. Sometimes the best choice is to do nothing and let the wine find its voice over time.”