2014 Ghostwriter Bates Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Louis Roederer Working naturally and organically was

Working naturally and organically was the top priority for Bruno

• Careful selection and sorting of the grapes is done in the vineyard

Christophe harvests it fully ripe

2017 Orly Lumbreras & Jose Aira Viticultor 'Vertixe'

damp underground cellar with minimal racking for approximately thirty (30) months

2014 Ghostwriter Bates Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Louis Roederer Working naturally and organically wasOur Bates Ranch story would not be complete without mentioning the many bottles spanning many vintages of Val and Dexter Alhgrens Bates Ranch Cabernets that we have been drinking since about 2001. When they retired and we began farming their estate vineyard, we also fortuitously inherited their orginal block of Cab at Bates Ranch. The vineyard is located along historic Redwood Retreat Road near Mt. Madonna on the Gilroy side of the Southern Santa Cruz