Location: Cucamonga Valley, CA
Alcohol: 13.6%

Full of sage, baked earth and crumpled laurel. There are also aromas of olive and elderberry on the nose, and flavors of raspberry and red currant on the palate.

The grapes were fermented in an old redwood tank with native yeast and no additions. The wine was aged in old French oak barrels for 10 months before being bottled with minimal SO2 and without fining or filtration.

Hofer Ranch is an oasis wedged between the Ontario Airport and a sea of Industrial buildings. The vineyard was planted in the 1930’s on its own roots in the sandy soils of Cucamonga Valley. The vines are head trained and have been farmed using organic practices from the beginning.