Sculpterra’s Paso Pink is a Rosé lover's dream come true! The wine’s beautiful color lures you in for a taste and it certainly makes good on the temptation. It shows tremendous fruit, wonderful acid and an incredible finish. Bright focused tropical fruit drives the texture and crisp flavors of this wine. What follows is a celebration of guava, orange, and strawberry with a touch of subdued earth and spice too. It has a wonderful mouth feel and finish that offers hints at floral rose petal and lavender.  Overall, this is a beautifully made, delicate yet vibrant wine that shows structure and an unending finish. It will leave you wanting one sip after another. Drink it now through 2020 for the best tasting experience possible.

2017 Héroe Pinot Noir is an enthusing wine fashioned and ready to drink upon release. It opens with gorgeous aromas of crisp pomegranate, red plum, and just a hint of mint. It combines fresh fruit with sweltering earthy spice. I even taste notes of blueberry and a subtle undertaking of baking spice ending with a great depth of flavor in this juicy, lengthy wine. Overall, it’s medium-bodied but retains enough acidity to complement the limber body. Drink right now, but fear not because it will continue to improve, reaching its peak in 2022.

This wine opens with a voluptuous nose of black cherry, crushed cranberry and hints of black tea. The taste is rich and expansive, with complex earthiness that highlights a fruit profile abounding in spice and culminating with very lively acidity. It’s easy to discover notes of plump red cherry, gingerbread and even strawberry that all show really nicely for this Estate grown Pinot Noir. The palate is extremely structural even though it is lighter weight in mouthfeel. It ends with subtle yet apparent tannins carrying its snappy red-fruit flavors, with dried tea leaves and brown spices. Drink now through 2025 for best taste.

93 Points + Editor's Choice by Wine Enthusiast Magazine.
Sculpterra’s 2016 Grenache is complex with sparkling fruit and layered textures throughout the palate. Packed with tastes of raspberry and boysenberry fruit, along with floral notes of purple flowers, vanilla, clove, cream and Christmas spice fragrant on the nose. Aged in used French barrels, mostly 500L size, this wine shows touches of toast and cedar alongside tart, fruit notes with tropical punch qualities. It's medium-bodied and lightly tannic, with crisp acid that lingers to the finish.

Sculpterra’s 2016 Syrah will please the multitudes! It’s lively, fresh and fruity yet has an underlining layer of spice, smoke and cedar. Aromas of blackberry, strawberry, and nutmeg lead the way for flavors of black cherry, pomegranate, espresso and chocolate cheesecake. It is bright and fruity on entry, with tailored tannins. 

Sculpterra’s 2017 vintage Mourvèdre is young at heart, with cheerful black cherry and berry flavors abounding in this decadent blend of mostly Mourvèdre with a touch of Petite Sirah. Lavender aromas dance with notes of smoke and tobacco while subtle hints of aged oak linger on the finish. It is indeed an age-worthy wine and it will change considerable (all for the better) with proper cellaring. Give it at least 6 years bottle age and it will develop a soft finish with upfront tannins being transformed into a smooth and long-lasting finish.

This robust, enthusiastic estate wine is 100% Primitivo. While rustic on the nose, its palate is juicy and plump, offering baked blackberry, chocolate and smoky-oaky flavors. It’s all around charming and expansive on the palate, with nimble touches of smoke, black cherry and even eucalyptus. Seasoned throughout is an established layer of black pepper and cinnamon that keeps it fresh and spicy. It’s obviously a wine ready to drink upon release but will be a hit for many years to come; it will reach its peak in 2025. 

Elaborate smoke and cinnamon spice bouquets give this full-bodied wine a dramatic start. Next the aromas of black cherry and blackberry join in on the nose. It has moderate tannins for good command, but is not an overly tannic wine. Mostly the tannins come from Cabernet Franc and Petite Sirah giving the mouthfeel a certain expressive lift and poise. Flavors of blackberry and cherry are concentrated and focused while its acidity brings everything together in this big but balanced wine. Candied cherries and black plums give it a delicious classic profile, while hints of black pepper linger on the finish. The oaky play on this wine gives a perfect sense of vivid flavors and taste. This is no doubt a complex wine and it will continue to improve with cellar aging.

Our 100% estate grown Merlot is soft, supple and dusty, displaying subtle hints of plum, cedar and vanilla. It expresses a nice complexity on the mid-palate too with textured full-bodied ripeness. The tannins are immediate yet polished, let it age for best tasting, drink now through 2025. Overall, I’d call it a crowd-pleasing wine, intense and structured, has allusions of floral components, while still being rich and round ending with freshness on the finish.

Héroe is a dedication to the true heroes of the wine industry, our vineyard and production team! This wine has an impressive bouquet of tart raspberry intermingling with chocolate cake and Christmas spiced cake. You can find Mediterranean herbs with a strong note of rose petal and delicately peppered meats. The vineyard gives flavors of cherry, blackberry, and black pepper. The wine finishes with a burst of cranberry and ripe strawberry.

Sculpterra’s all estate Cabernet Sauvignon brings a plethora of taste and tangible sensations. Subdued but also daring at times, this 100% Cabernet Sauvignon opens with appealing aromas of dark-chocolate, herbs, plum and berry. Raspberry, cherry and even citrus peel run long on the finish. Overall this is a juicy wine, with tons of black cherry, sage and cedar. While robust in structure, the oak is well integrated on the palate, giving it a soft, smooth feel and persistence with audacious flavors. Let it age and drink through 2028. 

This remarkable wine will only get better with age and proper aeration. It’s tailored around classic Cabernet Sauvignon aromas of strong oaky bouquets and layered with complex herbal spice on its finish. It's dazzling and perfumed, welcoming and hugely structured, with a loud complex mid-palate of intriguing plum and pepper. It even shows elements of being gentle and balanced with subtle oak infused tannins. Clove, red currant and cedar shavings wrap around the pallet while weight and power prolong the finish. Dusty aged tannins and pepper reveal themselves on the lengthy finish, helping to make this wine a strong candidate for prolonged cellar time. It is enjoyable now, but will also age for decades to come.

It shows a complex medley of fresh ground herb, pleasant green pepper, and a moist earthiness ending with mineral and cherry aromas. There's alluring textures and purity to its graceful fruit and savory flavors that carry all the way into the wine’s finish. It’s a delicious wine that will definitely improve with time in the cellar. The tannins are well polished, carrying cocoa, dried herb and black-cherry flavors mixed with roasted and toasted oaky bouquets. Hold onto to this one for at least 7 years for best drinking results.

Our 100% estate grown Petite Sirah is a super inky purple wine that is dominated with a bouquet of blackberry and plum. Its tannic core takes a back seat to strong flavors of raspberry, licorice, orange zest, and even floral notes of lavender. The tannins are strong and pleasantly coat the gums through the dark chocolate-laced finish. Overall this wine brings deep and dark aromas of black currant, smoke from the oak barrels and end on a note of coffee-caramel candies. It is sure to please crowds seeking a mouth-filling wine. I’d pair it with a Portobello mushroom entrée or even a juicy steak with chipotle spices.