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These grapes come from several blocks in this Yountville vineyard where there are lots of different clones planted. My goal is to make a Chardonnay in the biggest. most intensely rich style while keeping the wine in balance and maintaining the vineyard's terroir and fruit expression.

In 1956. we moved to what is now "Gino's Vineyard". a five-acre parcel in the rocky hillsides on the eastern bench of the valley. The vineyard was planted to Zinfandel about 25 years ago and produces quintessential Dry Creek Zin with brown/ginger spices and juicy raspberry and cherry fruit.

About one mile from Dry Creek. this thirteen-acre vineyard benefits from temperatures. that are a bit cooler than most of the appellation. It makes wine that's very aromatic with nice bright fruit. pear and lemon and a bit of minerality on the finish.

This Alexander Valley Zinfandel vineyard was owned and planted by my Father Gino and Uncle Italo in the early 1930s. just after the repeal of Prohibition. They started a little winery that unfortunately didn't fare well during the Depression. My father sold out to my Uncle Italo and went to work for Monte Bello Wine Company in San Francisco. My Uncle continued to lived on the property and was a farmer all his life. When my cousins asked me to crush the grapes from Italo's Vineyard in 2006. I was thrilled with the prospect and decided it was fitting to name the wine after my Uncle Italo.