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2022

Darcie Kent Estate Winery

Clone 30 Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Clone 30 (Silverado Clone), in the hands of winemaker Julian Halasz, shows real elegance and a velvety texture, with bright red berry fruit, a pop of minty freshness, and subtle hints of red leaf tobacco and rooibos tea. There’s a generosity to the wine that carries it from a medium- to full-bodied finish. Aged 20 months in French oak; 100% estate-grown. Only 226 cases produced.

2022

Darcie Kent Estate Winery

Firepit Red Blend

This is exactly the wine you want to be sipping around the firepit late at night. It’s not overbearing or heavy—medium-bodied, with zesty blood orange acidity framing a silky-textured red wine brimming with pure, crunchy red berry fruit and integrated cedarwood spice. Aged 19 months in French Oak.

2023

Darcie Kent Estate Winery

Darcie' Methode Champenoise Grüner Veltliner

Made in the traditional method and aged 19 months on tirage, this sparkling wine is 100% Grüner Veltliner grown in Lemmons Vineyard, the northernmost site on Crane Ridge. The vineyard experiences constant breezes and is blanketed in coastal fog each morning. It shows true Grüner character, swirling from the glass with beautifully subtle citrus notes, apple and pear skin aromatics, and a hint of pineapple core adding richness. There’s plenty of oyster shell minerality, salted citrus peel, and the faintest touch of baking spice—all supported by a lively, frothy, and zesty mousse. A thoroughly enjoyable bubbly for anytime sipping.

2023

Darcie Kent Estate Winery

Firepit Society Cabernet Franc

If you find yourself gathered around a fire pit after hours, this Firepit Society Cabernet Franc is the bolder, richer, riper expression of “firepit” wine from the Darcie Kent team that you’ll want in your glass. They also make Firepit Red, which is more medium-bodied and agile, but this version is built for those deeper, more contemplative conversations. It’s confident in its seductive dark berry fruit, heady cocoa powder notes, dried rose petal florals, and fuller-bodied presence, with fantastic wild herb character supported by supple tannins. Juicy, long, and lingering, this is a crushable, easily enjoyed wine—with or without a firepit. Aged seven months in French oak and 100% estate-grown in Lemmons Vineyard.

2024

Darcie Kent Estate Winery

Alpine White

From the winery’s estate Triska Vineyard—one of the coolest sites in the Crane Ridge area of Livermore Valley—where near-constant breezes sway the vines and mornings find the site shrouded in a thick blanket of coastal fog. Aged three months in stainless steel. This is such a pleasure-packed white wine. Is it the name, Alpine? Or does this wine truly have an alpine freshness—like the air on a morning hike up a craggy range on a cool winter day? In other words, it’s fresh and inviting, with a marvelously rich texture on the palate that gives the wine a luxurious feel, teeming with ripe orchard fruit and creamy white peach, supported by zesty lime-bright acidity on the lasting finish.

2024

Darcie Kent Estate Winery

DeMayo Chardonnay

Fans of previous vintages of this wine will immediately recognize its rich, toasty, and buttery croissant aromatics, along with decadent layers of yellow apple, creamy pear, and warm baking spice accents. All that richness is supported by vibrant energy, and in 2024, all the components feel especially well-balanced and seamlessly integrated. In short, this is a delicious Chardonnay. The DeMayo Vineyard is a small 4-acre Chardonnay site in the Crane Ridge area of the Livermore Valley, located just south of Tesla Road, ranging from about 1,000 to 600 feet in elevation. Grapes are whole-cluster picked, then fermented and aged for six months in French oak.

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2022

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Cabernet Clone 30 (Silverado Clone), in the hands of winemaker Julian Halasz, shows real elegance and a velvety texture, with bright red berry fruit, a pop of minty freshness, and subtle hints of red leaf tobacco and rooibos tea. There’s a generosity to the wine that carries it from a medium- to full-bodied finish. Aged 20 months in French oak; 100% estate-grown. Only 226 cases produced.

2022

Producer

Name

This is exactly the wine you want to be sipping around the firepit late at night. It’s not overbearing or heavy—medium-bodied, with zesty blood orange acidity framing a silky-textured red wine brimming with pure, crunchy red berry fruit and integrated cedarwood spice. Aged 19 months in French Oak.

2023

Producer

Name

Made in the traditional method and aged 19 months on tirage, this sparkling wine is 100% Grüner Veltliner grown in Lemmons Vineyard, the northernmost site on Crane Ridge. The vineyard experiences constant breezes and is blanketed in coastal fog each morning. It shows true Grüner character, swirling from the glass with beautifully subtle citrus notes, apple and pear skin aromatics, and a hint of pineapple core adding richness. There’s plenty of oyster shell minerality, salted citrus peel, and the faintest touch of baking spice—all supported by a lively, frothy, and zesty mousse. A thoroughly enjoyable bubbly for anytime sipping.

2023

Producer

Name

If you find yourself gathered around a fire pit after hours, this Firepit Society Cabernet Franc is the bolder, richer, riper expression of “firepit” wine from the Darcie Kent team that you’ll want in your glass. They also make Firepit Red, which is more medium-bodied and agile, but this version is built for those deeper, more contemplative conversations. It’s confident in its seductive dark berry fruit, heady cocoa powder notes, dried rose petal florals, and fuller-bodied presence, with fantastic wild herb character supported by supple tannins. Juicy, long, and lingering, this is a crushable, easily enjoyed wine—with or without a firepit. Aged seven months in French oak and 100% estate-grown in Lemmons Vineyard.

2024

Producer

Name

From the winery’s estate Triska Vineyard—one of the coolest sites in the Crane Ridge area of Livermore Valley—where near-constant breezes sway the vines and mornings find the site shrouded in a thick blanket of coastal fog. Aged three months in stainless steel. This is such a pleasure-packed white wine. Is it the name, Alpine? Or does this wine truly have an alpine freshness—like the air on a morning hike up a craggy range on a cool winter day? In other words, it’s fresh and inviting, with a marvelously rich texture on the palate that gives the wine a luxurious feel, teeming with ripe orchard fruit and creamy white peach, supported by zesty lime-bright acidity on the lasting finish.

2024

Producer

Name

Fans of previous vintages of this wine will immediately recognize its rich, toasty, and buttery croissant aromatics, along with decadent layers of yellow apple, creamy pear, and warm baking spice accents. All that richness is supported by vibrant energy, and in 2024, all the components feel especially well-balanced and seamlessly integrated. In short, this is a delicious Chardonnay. The DeMayo Vineyard is a small 4-acre Chardonnay site in the Crane Ridge area of the Livermore Valley, located just south of Tesla Road, ranging from about 1,000 to 600 feet in elevation. Grapes are whole-cluster picked, then fermented and aged for six months in French oak.

Vintage

Wine

Type

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$

2022

2022 Darcie Kent Estate Winery Clone 30 Cabernet Sauvignon

Still Wine

$$

2022

2022 Darcie Kent Estate Winery Firepit Red Blend

Still Wine

$

2023

2023 Darcie Kent Estate Winery Darcie’ Methode Champenoise Grüner Veltliner

Sparkling Wine

$$

2023

2023 Darcie Kent Estate Winery Firepit Society Cabernet Franc

Still Wine

$

2024

2024 Darcie Kent Estate Winery Alpine White

Still Wine

$

2024

2024 Darcie Kent Estate Winery DeMayo Chardonnay

Still Wine

$

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