Summer Release 2018
Letter and Detailed Tasting Notes Here
Dear Friends,
2018 has been an amazing year for Timbre! Our tasting room turned one in late April and we are in more places across the country (and internationally) than ever before. Since the start of the year we have made visits to Georgia, Florida, New York, Illinois, & Louisiana and it’s been so great to connect with old and new friends in all these different parts of the country.
Back in California, unseasonably cool weather to start the growing season has created conditions in the vineyards which point to a late harvest this vintage. After years of hot, dry summers, and freakishly early harvests, it looks like we may finally have a year that we used to consider “normal.” What this means, is plenty of hang-time for the grapes to develop complexity, while still maintaining balanced levels of potential alcohol. Of course, anything could happen in the next few months leading into harvest, but we are already feeling very optimistic about the 2018 Vintage. Before the harvest madness hits, we will be enjoying these long summer days with some wine from our new release.
This release includes a couple of firsts for us, a rose made from 100% pressed Pinot Noir fruit. The fruit was picked and then loaded directly to the press so that there would be almost no skin contact whatsoever. We also bottled our first Sauvignon Blanc from Brave & Maiden vineyard in the Santa Ynez Valley called Rare Groove #3! Racy and fresh, this wine (for wine club members only) is going to be a new classic for us… The other wines you may be getting include the new 2016 vintages of Opening Act and Headliner Pinot Noir. Finally, in 2016 we made a Red Blend of Grenache and Syrah, also from Brave & Maiden, that we call Rare Groove #2. With only 23 cases made it will live up to its namesake as ‘hard to find’.
As always, help us spread the word to your wine-loving friends and enemies, and holler at us @TimbreWinery on Facebook and Instagram. Without further ado, we present our release. Click here for individual tasting notes and information about each of the new wines… Cheers!
-Josh, Alex, & Chiasa
p.s. Please place your order by July 14th to receive 10% off your purchase. If ordering online, use the code summer2018TW at checkout to receive the discount. Wines will be shipped/delivered after July 21st via temperature-controlled truck. If you would like to place an order by phone call Anne or Chiasa at 805-270-4308!