Wines
2022
Sauvignon Blanc
93 points, Jeb Dunnuck
Our white wine aims to channel and evoke the vibrant energy and minerality of the volcanic ash from Tres Palmas Vineyard and the basalt of Nuns Canyon Vineyard. Showcasing a finessed, crystalline structure, this expression is chiseled, fresh, and saline.
2021
Estate Grenache
This wine allows us to explore the finesse and tension of our vineyards’ volcanic terroir. We aspire to crafting an elegant, transparent expression that is fragrant of and textured by the iron-rich basalt stones that underly all our vineyards.
2020
Isthmus Cabernet Sauvignon
93 points, Jeb Dunnuck
An expression of our estate vineyards, Isthmus bridges the different volcanic terroirs found within our vineyards up and down the western slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains. This classically-styled Cabernet Sauvignon blend balances youthful accessibility and potential for graceful aging. It is a compelling introduction to the Hamel philosophy of winegrowing.
2019
Hamel Family Ranch
96 points, Jeb Dunnuck
This single-vineyard expression is from the 120-acre property that contains the winery, cave and the Estate House. It lies at the foot of the Mayacamas Mountains in the Sonoma Valley. The warmest site across our estate vineyards, its eponymous Cabernet Sauvignon blends supple tannins with incisive minerality to deliver a wine with classic and powerful poise.
2019
Nuns Canyon Vineyard
97 points, Wine Advocate
One of California’s great volcanic sites, this single-vineyard expression produces wines indelibly marked by the mineral energy derived from its fractured basalt composition. Underlaid with the confidence of restraint, this 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon blend is sleek and vertical with impressive persistence building elegantly across the palate.
2019
Pamelita Reserve
97 points, Jeb Dunnuck
Grown from the most compelling micro-terroirs within Nuns Canyon Vineyard, Pamelita is the apogee and ultimate expression of the site. The wine intricately captures the ethereal and profound character of the preeminent ridges and outcroppings of fractured basalt within the high-elevation terroir.
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Explore Our Vineyards
To capture the complexity of our vineyards’ volcanic terroir, we embrace a level of precision, scale and knowledge that reflects the geologic contours of our place.