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The 2002 vintage offers some alluring wines of seamless complexity. More concentrated than some previous vintages, these are wines for drinking now or holding.

For those of you who are up on your clonal varieties here’s what we selected: Wadenswil 2a, Dijon 115, 667, and 777. Then we have that old workhorse, Pommard along with the elusive Mt. Eden clone. From each of these clones we discover unique flavors, which, come blending time, provides us with a delightful challenge. It’s like having an Allstar team you’re trying to get to play together. Well, we got the teams assembled and they are playing together beautifully!

2002 Releases:

’02 Bien Nacido Chardonnay
(From our estate grown grapes and selected sites at Bien Nacido Vineyard)

’02 Dierberg Vineyard Chardonnay
(From the smallest berries some intense Chardonnay)

’02 Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir
(A blend from BNV, Solomon Hills, and Dierberg Vineyards.)

’02 Bien Nacido Pinot Noir
(From 31 year old vines that produce more elegant wines with each passing year.)

’02 Bien Nacido Pinot Noir Adobe
(From some of those new clones we mentioned earlier. Also farmed organically near the old Adobe at Bien Nacido.)

’02 Solomon Hills Pinot Noir
(Grown by the talented Bien Nacido crew with all those clones mentioned earlier on a site a few degree cooler than BNV.)

2002 Summer Release:

’02 Garys’ Vineyard Pinot Noir
(Pisoni clone farmed by Gary Pisoni and Gary Franscioni on a cooler site than Pisoni

2002 September Release:

’02 Evelyn Pinot Noir
(From the Mt. Eden clone on a remote hillside site at BNV blended with just the right amount of Solomon Hills.)

2002 Fall Releases:

'02 T. Solomon Wellborn Pinot Noir

'03 Hank's Faultline Red