and his son
Etzel along the dramatic southernmost edge of the Chehalem Moutnains AVA on volcanic Witzel soil
touches of new wood and a firm
and concentrated wine with a structured and tight profile
who first purchased the estate in the late 1600s and established a vineyard in Pauillac
2013 Bond Matriarch spottswoode and his sonWinemaker Notes The 2013 Matriarch, which may well be the finest Matriarch made to date, could easily stand on its own as a single vineyard offering. Made from the odds and ends of the single vineyard wines, nevertheless this is pretty great wine, and I joked with the winemaking team that maybe their selection process was too draconian. Dense purple, with notes of mulberry, blackberry, chocolate, cocoa and espresso, the wine is dense, full bodied,