José Luis Ripa Sáenz de Navarrete produces this wine from a single hectare of vines in the Najerilla Valley
The 2019 vintage conditions provided a warm
the most famous of the Sancerre villages
he produces Barbera that favors long-term development over immediate accessibility
Les Monsnières sits at the top of the hillside at the edge of the Beaune mountain forest
2023 Occidental, Freestone-Occidental, Sonoma Coast Producer_Bruna José Luis Ripa Sáenz deCatherine Kistler Steve Kistler's daughter, a Harvard graduate, and seven harvests deep is now stepping into the winemaker role at Occidental. This is a generational transition happening in real time, and the wines are only getting sharper. The Freestone Occidental bottling is the entry point of Occidentals production a blend from three estate sites: Bodega Headlands, Occidental Station, and Bodega Ridge. Although a blend of three sites, the