Tasting Notes
This vintage lifts off with tropical fruit and lemon peel on the nose, followed by a bright, crisp fruit-forward palate, leading into a pleasantly clean finish indicative of Sonoma County Chardonnay.
About Head High
Our wines showcase our love and commitment to Sonoma, an iconic and diverse wine-growing region we are lucky enough to call home. Undeniably, the ocean’s presence significantly influences the character of our vintages. Making and preserving a healthy ecosystem is important to us.
Our winemaker, Britt Richards, takes a pure, honest style of winemaking, allowing the fruit to sing and tell the story of each wine. Our grower’s vineyards are planted with many of the same clonal selections, each one producing a different result based on the diversity of weather, soil conditions, and orientation to the sun. This meticulous grape-to-glass approach, with wines available at an accessible price point, underscores our commitment to preserving a healthy ecosystem and ensuring every bottle reflects our dedication to quality and sustainability.
Three Sticks’ Second Label
About Three Sticks
One of three esteemed Heritage vineyards, Gap’s Crown is located in the rugged terrain of the Petaluma Gap and Sonoma Coast AVAs. Known for its high winds and blanket of fog from the Pacific Ocean and San Pablo Bay, the cool climate gives the fruit thicker skins, allowing for richer colors, complexity in flavors, and consistency from vintage to vintage.
Three Sticks Wines is a boutique, family-owned winery led by veteran winemaker Bob Cabral. Cabral’s commitment to crafting small-lot, artisanal wines from exceptional Sonoma Coast vineyards, including Durell Vineyard, Gap’s Crown Vineyard and Walala Vineyard, drives the winery’s focus of creating site specific wines. Founded in 2002, the winery is named for owner William S. Price III’s surfing nickname, “Billy Three Sticks,” assigned to him in his youth as reference to the Roman numeral that follows his name. Three Sticks has a down to earth approach to growing and winemaking, they believe in table fellowship as the power of wine to bring people together.
Bill and Eva Price are lovers of Sonoma’s grapes and rich history. The Vallejo-Castenada Adobe (built in 1842) was built by Captain Salvador Vallejo, brother of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, the Commandante Generale of the northern territory of Mexico (modern day Sonoma). The Prices purchased the property in 2012 and embarked on a two-year preservation project. The Three Sticks team worked with Sonoma historians and the Sonoma League for Historic Preservation to restore and protect the fabric of the property. They commissioned San Francisco-based designer Ken Fulk and his team to design the ambience of the Adobe, as it is known locally. The historic landmark in downtown Sonoma is now home to the hospitality of Three Sticks.
