It is incredible to me that this is our fifth vintage in Los Angeles. For the first few years, the task seemed to be simply surviving. Now, with your support, the order of the day is flourishing.
This is also our fourth year of offering futures. It has been a tremendous success each year-- the offering sells out in hours and allows us to fund the harvest itself. I am so grateful to you for the support that you have shown over the years, and the interest you are showing this year.
As I revise this, harvest is nearly over. We have made 15 wines this year, many of them in vanishingly small quantities.
These are the wines that we offer you this year. I am leaving out the the least interesting of the 15 wines. We began bottling the wines early in March, and, with one exception, will finish early in June. We will begin shipping your wines at that time, all together.
These are the wines:
1. LOPEZ PALOMINO RESERVE
2. LOPEZ PALOMINO “CHIARA” RESERVE
3. LOPEZ RED
4. LOPEZ RIPASSO (to be shipped separately in the Fall)
5. LONE WOLF BLANC
6. DISCO ESSENCE
7. HEART OF SAND RED
8. HEART OF SAND BLANC de NOIR
9. GALLEANO HOME RED
10. GALLEANO HOME BLANC de NOIR
11. HOFER BLANC de NOIR
12. FLOR EDITION 5
We will offer only 44 of these futures packages in total. At the moment, there are only 8 left.
We are offering the wines at about a 16% discount; their full retail value is about $835.
And ground shipping is on us.