Jason Charles spent time after College working as a photographer in the US, Mexico, and Europe. He caught the wine bug waiting tables in New York City restaurants. After experiences working in vineyards in Saint Emilion in Bordeaux and the Sonoma Coast, Jason started the Vinca Minor label to “explore the intersection between farmer, winemaker and artist.” He believes in organic farming, and attempts to make the wines as naturally as possible, always working with indigenous yeast, never filtering or fining, and racking only once before bottling. Jason started last year with a special plot of very old carignan vines in Redwood Valley, Mendocino, and will harvest a second vineyard of Merlot in Napa Valley in 2014 for the first time.

Thornton-Clark Estate sits on the southwest-facing slope of Arrowhead Mountain in the southern Mayacamas Volcanic Range.This one acre vineyard produces less than 50 cases of wine annually. Low yields leads to beautiful fruit density and freshness.

Direct pressed after harvest and aged for 10 months in older white burgundy barrels.

Producer Vinca Minor

Category Wine - Still - White

Grape Chardonnay

Region California, United States

Subregion Sonoma County

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