HISTORY

Perched at 1800 feet up Moon Mountain on the Sonoma side of the Mayacamas is this utter jewel of an old-vine, dry-farmed Cabernet vineyard. Hailing from one of the most historic and oldest Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards in Sonoma, Montecillo is truly a paragon site. Located in the sub-AVA of Moon Mountain along the western side of the Mayacamas, its high elevation, combined with dry-farming and the rocky, unforgiving soils, makes for one of the most authentic, unique, and all-around best vineyard sites in the US.

VINTAGE SPECIFIC TASTING NOTES

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DETAILS

• AVA: Sonoma Valley

• Sub-AVA: Moon Mountain

• Soil: Volcanics

• Elevation: 1,800’

• Plantings: late 1960s

• Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon

• Viticulture: Dry-farmed, hand harvested

• Fermentation: Native yeast

• Barrels: 60% used oak, 40% new; 100% French oak

• Aging: 18 months in barrel

• Bottled unfined and unfiltered

• First Turley Vintage: 2016

• Serving Temp: 60-65ºF

• Release: Winter

• Accessibility: Extremely limited, Member exclusive