Model Farm
The brainchild of winemakers Joanna Wells and Sean Castorani, Model Farm is a project dedicated to crafting mountain wines from distinctive sites in California. Their operation focuses on Sonoma wines. However, they’re currently seeking a replacement for their “Estate” Syrah vineyard in the Petaluma Gap, for which they lost the lease. They also produce an old-vine, own-rooted Chardonnay from P·M Staiger Vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains, which in 2022 is excellent. Winemaking here is transparent and honest, focused on the most hands-off practices possible in order to let the sites shine. Chardonnays are made entirely with native yeasts and age in little to no new oak. They see one year in barrel and then six months in stainless steel tank prior to bottling. The Cabernet program, using fruit from Berger Vineyard in the Sonoma Mountain AVA, is a work in progress, but it already shows great potential. The 2021 and 2022 Cabernets from Berger are structured, muscular mountain wines that could potentially benefit from a smidgeon more new oak, but I quite like where they’re headed. This is a producer to follow.
From Santa Cruz Mountains – The Chameleon (Oct 2024) by Billy Norris
2022 Chardonnay P·M Staiger Vineyard
Release Price: $60
Color: White
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2022 Chardonnay Wildcat Mountain
Release Price: $45
Color: White
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2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Berger Vineyard
Release Price: $80
Color: Red
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2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Berger Vineyard
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