Hydeout Sonoma has many wonderful clients. Our New York-based clients, owners of the Sovare label, came into town to taste their 2017 vintage. Sovare is an estate hillside vineyard near Sonoma Mountain comprising equal percentages of Cabernet, Sangiovese, and Zinfandel.
Hydeout Sonoma took over management of the vineyard in 2015. At that time the vineyard was not in good shape. After a lot of dedicated attention, this is the vineyard as of July 2018:
And here is a pictorial essay of Sovare’s visit to the Arcana Winery custom crush facility where Hydeout Sonoma makes the Sovare wine:
Using a wine thief, I am pulling equal sample volumes from these barrel and blending into wine glasses ‘on the fly.’
Almost ready with equal parts from several different barrels:
The moment of truth, tasting the 2017 vintage.
Discussion follows, how much more time in the barrel, in what way is the 2017different from 2016, what wood to use in 2018, and so on.
And more discussion…
And more discussion…
Having settled on the key next steps fro 2017 and 2018, now we need to decide where to go for lunch! We ended up at El Dorado Kitchen on the square for some al fresco dining.
This is the first Sovare vintage, from 2016:
Great article and thanks for sharing the fireworks. Great to see them over the harbor in Gloucester but did miss them in Sonoma. Beth
Strong post Ken! Happy to see the Hydeout thriving!
Great post Ken!
Ken Wornick, thanks for the article post. Really thank you! Great.
Nick & Denise: Thanks for THE SOVARE Wine when we visited your house at Christmas Eve. I looked up Sovare one the internet, & behold: there are Denise & Nick sampling the new vintage. Salute !!!! Brenda & I have not opened the wine YET, but we will soon. Grazie and Happy New Year. Brenda & Ken
Thanks for your interest in the Sovare project. Many exciting vintages are ahead!