Winemaker Notes
This wine displays a vibrant, dark red color in the glass, with rich aromas of red currants, plum, and blackberry, with a touch of lilac. This medium-bodied wine displays a luscious, refined texture and sophisticated tannins. Subtle layers of herbs and dark cocoa invigorate the dark fruit flavors on the palate. The finish is lengthy, luxurious, and delicious.
About Buena Vista Winery
Buena Vista Winery has a rich, delicious heritage as the first premium-and certainly the most colorful of all of the wineries in California. And its founder, the self-proclaimed “Count of Buena Vista,” Agoston Haraszthy, was a vivacious and eccentric pioneer with a veritable love and unending commitment to California wine.
Surrounded by his own tales of intrigue and political exile, The Count immigrated from Hungary in 1842 in pursuit of opportunity and freedom in the burgeoning American West. Following the forty-niners in search of gold in the hills of Northern California, Haraszthy sought “purple gold” – the perfect ‘terroir’ for exceptional wine. He ultimately settled in Sonoma, the birthplace of California and the capital of the short-lived California Republic, where he founded Buena Vista Winery in 1857.
A committed farmer, an experimental innovator and vintner, a respected author, a shrewd businessman, and a brilliant and incredibly zealous promoter, The Count is considered California’s most acclaimed and flamboyant vinicultural pioneer and evangelist.
Despite his abrupt death in 1869 in a crocodile-infested river in the jungles of Nicaragua and following the challenges of the depression, prohibition, and phylloxera infestation; his beloved Buena Vista Winery has not only endured but also prospered. Boisset Family Estates, a family with a true love and respect for Buena Vista, is passionately committed to continuing the imaginative vision and unrivaled legacy first created by The Count 150 years ago. Please join us in celebrating the rebirth of Buena Vista. Our brilliant history, our spectacular wines, and the extraordinary experience at our breathtaking estate.
With its roots so deeply ensconced in the foundations of California’s coastal appellations, Buena Vista Winery is again introducing wines from the North Coast. The North Coast wines include a diverse array of varietals that celebrate the diversity of California’s terroir and the contribution of Buena Vista to establishing the California wine world.
