Purchased by Irv Bliss in 1943. On the Bliss Vineyard, we grow Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel, Merlot, Sangiovese, Barbera and Dolcetto. Soils are Talmage very gravelly sandy loam, Feliz gray loam gravelly substratum, Feliz loam, Cole clay loam, and Cole loam with effective rooting depths of 60+ inches. Available water capacity ranges from low to high to very high and permeability ranges from slow to moderate to moderately rapid.

THE GRAPE

100% PINOT NOIR

TASTING NOTE

With aromas of strawberry soda, you are greeted with a lush entry of bright raspberry fruit with hints of graham cracker in the mid-palate followed by toasted sesame seeds and a Red Delicious apple, and cinnamon finish.