Winemaker Notes
Tribute is a first of its kind. Made entirely from estate-grown grapes, this Bordeaux blend of predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon reveals the complexity and individuality of our Benziger Family Sonoma Estates. Tribute was the first Demeter-certified Biodynamic wine from Sonoma County and one of the first from North America. M
edium garnet-purple color and gives expressive notes of black cherries, cassis, menthol, chocolate box and underbrush with a waft of cedar. Medium to full-bodied, the palate provides a great core of minted black fruit with a firm frame of grainy tannins and just enough freshness, finishing with great length.
Blend – 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% MerMlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, 6% Malbec and 5% Petit Verdot
Robert Parker 91 Points
About Benziger Winery
At Benziger, we’re about three things: family, great wine and healthy vineyards. For more than thirty years, we’ve farmed our ranch on Sonoma Mountain and searched Sonoma County for the most distinctive and expressive vineyards. Once found, we tend these sites using certified Biodynamic, organic and sustainable farming methods. The result is a portfolio of authentic and memorable wines.
Every wine in our portfolio – from our family line to our Benziger Estate wines to de Coelo – carries a third party certification of green farming practices. Whether the vineyard is certified sustainable, organic or Biodynamic, it’s carefully tended with the most eco-responsible methods available.
We don’t just farm this way because we think caring for the land is the right thing to do, it also happens to be the best way to make distinctive, authentic wines. By treating our vineyards the best way we know how, we’re making wines we’re really proud of. And that is good for, well, everybody.
