Composition
37% Cabernet Sauvignon - Clones 191 & 337
29% Merlot - Clone 181
28% Malbec - Clone 595
6% Cabernet Franc - Clone 332
Winemaking Notes
Toute Suite is a beautifully structured, balanced, elegant Bordeaux blend, perfumed with violet and dark berries. Its silky palate unfolds in layers of cassis, blue and red fruits, and graphite. The finish is long with firm but very fine tannins.
Toute Suite means right away in French, in recognition of the intensity of harvest, but this wine is a true cellarworthy beauty that will drink wonderfully for many years.
Vineyard Notes
Our original estate was an enclave for the earliest French winemakers in California in the 1890s. Under the care of the Lasseters, it has been painstakingly restored and reimagined with great attention to detail, and is the site of a small, eco-friendly, state-of-the-art winery.
This site benefits from being a warmer area within the valley, but also the narrowest section, resulting in a funnel that concentrates the cool ocean breezes and creates huge diurnal shifts that allow for long hang time and full flavor development with good acid retention.
The Upper Bench Blocks are situated above the valley floor, on undulating terrain. The quick draining, cobbly soils of these blocks are ideal for the red Bordeaux varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Malbec.