Made from high elevations vines averaging 30 years of age from several plots in the Sierra Foothills, Bill Easton carefully crafts this Southern Rhône blend. Grenache, with Syrah and Mourvèdre are hand-harvested, stainless steel-fermented, and age for 17 months in old Burgundy barrels, He releases his wine when he deems it ready to drink.

Originally a source of oenological sustenance for gold-seeking miners of the mid-1800s, the Sierra Foothills was the first region in California to produce wines from European grape varieties. Located between Sacramento and the Nevada border, this area’s immigrant settlers chose to forgo growing the then-ubiquitous Mission grape and instead brought with them superior vines from the Old World to plant alongside mining camps.