Current Release:
Kazmer & Blaise Pinot Noir 2006
Kazmer & Blaise Chardonnay 2006
Release Window: CLOSED
Upcoming release:
Molnar Family Chardonnay 2007
Molnar Family Pinot Noir 2007
**COMING Spring 2009**
Upon release, first crack at the wines is given to those on the mailing list.
Kazmer & Blaise Chardonnay 2006: 91 points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
Kazmer & Blaise Pinot Noir 2006: 91 points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
Molnar Family Chardonnay 2006: 90 points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
Obsidian Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2006: 89 points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
Obsidian Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2006: Top 100 Wines of 2008, San Francisco Chronicle
Obsidian Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2005: 90 points, Wine Spectator
Obsidian Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2005: 93 points, Wine News Magazine
Obsidian Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2005: 90 points, Wine Enthusiast
Obsidian Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2005: 90 points, Anthony Dias Blue for The Tasting Panel Magazine
Molnar Family Chardonnay 2005: 91 points, Editor's Choice, Wine Enthusiast
Molnar Family Pinot Noir 2005: Gold Medal – 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Molnar Family Chardonnay 2005: Top 15 Carneros Chardonnays – San Francisco Chronicle
Kazmer & Blaise Pinot Noir: “The generous red fruit offers a texture as round as a Gevrey, the deep color and spiciness foretelling strong development to come” 91 pts Wine & Spirits.
Obsidian Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2004: Gold Medal – 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Obsidian Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2002: 90 points, Wine Enthusiast
Obsidian Ridge: “These are the best high-impact wines I’ve tasted for this price in quite some time.” – Daniel Dawson, Back Room Wines, Napa, CA
"Boon Fly's Hill" Chardonnay
90 cases produced
14.2 % alcohol
3.41 pH
6.3 g/L titratable acidity
Philosophy
With this debut release Chardonnay we have charged down a winemaking path that shows no clemency to the esoteric palate. Not subtle, not restrained, and definitely not an intellectual's wine. This is a wine to discourage contemplative introspection. This is a wine which favors the lusty embrace of a hedonist.
Wine
Honeydew melon, baked pears, and marmalade define the wine's tremendous fruitful exuberance. But it is with the marzipan, pie-crust and barrel-toast that the fruit is given its frame of reference and the totality of the rich flavors becomes heady. With toasted marshmallow and meringue, the flavors speak to the illusion of sweetness, while the acidity inherent in the foggy cool vineyard site draws out the pleasure with great length.
Vintage
There were moments in July in which it seemed that Earth was plunging into the sun, so intense and prolonged was the heat. The golden-hued clusters appeared to have been deftly carmelized on their sun-exposed sides, and it may be this that endows the wine with such richness. Later in the season we wrung our hands as botrytis encroached, but with Chardonnay this is a natural marriage which we generally embrace, and in 2006 we have confirmed the lesson.
Michael Blaise Terrien, Winemaker
