Producer
Founded in 1857 by the self-proclaimed ‘Count of Buena Vista’ Agoston Haraszthy, Buena Vista pioneered the production of high quality wines in California. Here he introduced ground-breaking viticultural practices such as dry-farming and hillside planting as well as constructing California’s first gravity fed winery. Following several changes in ownership, the historic winery was purchased in 2011 by the Boisset family from Burgundy. Under Jean-Charles Boisset the winery has undergone extensive renovation and the Count’s original vision is being pursued with renewed vigour.
Vineyard
The grapes come from four different vineyards in Carneros: Sangacimo Vineyard, Herman Vineyard, Wildcat Mountain and Thornton Vineyard. Each vineyard was hand-harvested when the optimum levels of ripeness and flavour maturity were reached.
Winery
The grapes were whole cluster pressed, and the juice was fermented entirely in oak barrels, followed by full malolactic fermentation. Following this the wine was aged in a mixture of Hungarian and French oak barrels, a quarter of which are new, for twelve months. The wine is bottled unfiltered.
