After a 4 year hiatus and due to popular demand, we are releasing our second ever 100% Viognier. Gorgeous scents of honeyed tangerine, white grapefruit, candied lemon zest and fresh cut sugar cane leap from the glass, followed by secondary notions of white peach, orange marmalade, orange blossom and hints of browned butter and petrol. Completely dry on the palate, with flavors of honeycomb, sweet grass, sugar snap peas and wet limestone, the wine's excellent acidity keeps the body crisp and refreshing, while allowing the layers of aromas and flavors to continuously unfold.

2007 Hand Over Fist

Our first Rhone Style blend of 52% Syrah, 29% Grenache, 19% Mourvedre. This
dense, seductively dark wine is loaded with aromas of black plum skin, currant, fig, blueberry, candied lavender and violets on the nose followed by elements of milk chocolate, fresh mint, sweet briar, and baked rhubarb. Flavors of black and red currants predominate with notes of bing cherry, orange rind and blackberry with incense and black volcanic minerals showing through the long finish. Robust tannins and great acidity make this monster a surprisingly flexible food wine and all around fun drinker. Just released, we suggest decanting for 1-2 hours or more.

2008 High on the Hog White

A blend of 39% Grenache Blanc, 36% Viognier, 20% Roussanne, 5% Marsanne with all the fruit coming from the Paso Robles appellation. Straw gold/brass in color, with a seductive nose dominated by floral scents of jasmine, gardenia, and lily, with white peach, macadamia, honeyed lemon zest and mineral notes, supported by secondary hints of honeycomb, licorice, smoky-sweet bacon fat and melon. Both weighty and silky in the mouth, flavors of candied lemon, melon, marzipan, melon and oyster shell mingle with notes sweet apple, slate and a hint of petrol. The wine possesses a crisp, sparkling acidity that carries its weight and shifting kaleidoscope of flavors into the long finish.

 

2005 Central Coast RosÉ of Syrah

Our First and so far only, foray into the World of Rose! Rose? No, no, no! This is Barrel 27 Rose, as big and beefy as they come! A typically dense and chewy for rose, this is one of the most food-flexible wines around; equally at home with salmon, lamb, B.B.Q. chicken or steak, our rose is packed with layers of raspberry and cherry fruit, topped off with notes of smoke, pepper, burnt orange, and rose petal. Generous body, good alcohol, and excellent balance make this the perfect starter or light (ha!) meal wine when whites just aren't there and a red would be too heavy or overpowering.

2007 Rock and a Hard Place Grenache

Our second Grenache release! A beautifully expressive wine; medium ruby-black in color with a captivating nose of sweet raspberry, blackberry, and blueberry, with notes of milk chocolate, floral perfumes, dried cranberry, tar and charcoal. On the palate, the wine shows the same pure concentrated fruit flavors filled out with notes of black tea and orange rind with a hint rose petal. Soft and rich, with a beautiful, broad mid palate, the wine's fruit and spice notes continue to build through the long, long finish. Inspired by the great wines of France's Chateauneuf du Pape, this is a unique Californian interpretation of one of the World's greatest grapes.
 


2006 Right Hand Man, Central Coast Syrah

Our signature wine, the 2006 Right Hand Man possesses a deep, almost black garnet color with rich aromas of raspberry jam, dried cherry, grilled meat, black pepper corn, and black plum, wrapped in notes of rose petal, anise, sweet wood-smoke, mocha and toasted vanilla. On the palate, the wine blossoms with flavors of raspberry and currant fruit, filled out with Asian spice notes, anise, mint and even more pepper. A complex and well built mid-palate flows seamlessly into a long, pure finish of pepper-spiced raspberry, lifted with great acidity and firmed with excellent tannins. Our most complex and structured effort to date - enjoy now and enjoy even more with a little patience.

 

2006 Head Honcho Syrah

The 2006 release of the Head Honcho is a composite of Syrah’s from Three Creek, Laetitia, Larner, Whitehawk and Watch Hill vineyards made by McPrice Myers Wine Co. and Herman Story Wines. This ultra dark, powerfully constructed Syrah offers up a whopping nose of dense raspberry, boysenberry, black berry fruit and blood orange. Wrapped in floral scents of lavender, lilac and violets which are rounded out with spice notes of black pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg, ripe olive and sweet mint. Weighty in the mouth with dense, pure fruit, great acidity and robust tannins, the long finish shows bright red fruit notes of dried cranberry, sour cherry and boysenberry buried in spice and sweet milk chocolate. Always our biggest and boldest, but not ever a bank-buster, enjoy this complex wine as it opens up and shows even more layers of aromas.

 

2006 Bull by the Horns

Our Petite Verdot, Syrah, Tempranillo blend is back and even better! A big sexy nose of currants drenched in chocolate, with loads of sweet blackberry liqueur, wrapped in notes of warm cocoa, Asian spices and hint of pepper and vanilla. On the palate, the wine is intensely concentrated with layers of currant and blueberry fruit, followed by rich plum and chocolate flavors with hints of Chinese tea, roasted vanilla, clove and blood orange. The finish is as massive as it is long, with the flavors intertwining and building before they slowly trail off. Massively constructed, the wine’s acidity and fine, ripe tannins provide balance and backbone to what still, may be, the world’s best steak-wine.

 

2008 Head Over Heels Moscato

A fresh nose of Cling Peach and Star fruit supported with lemon-lime citrus fragrances and elements of honeysuckle, sugarcane and oyster shell. On the palate, the wine is dominated by flavors of honey drenched melon and stone fruits, with secondary notes of candied lemon zest, rose water, limestone and a hint of red licorice. An ever-so-slight spritz and zingy acidity converts the wine’s initial sweetness to a long and surprisingly mineral laden finish.