Silver Mountain Vineyard

Tradition, Quality and Craft.

Silver Mountain Vineyard's fine wines are distinguished by the following traits:

* Handcrafted, using the best of old world traditions and new world science.

* Organically grown in harmony with mother nature.

* Produced in small lots of premium wine that capture delicate nuances of flavor.

* Made with a passion for quality, complexity, purity and richness of flavor.

Silver Mountain Vineyards
Top quality fruit produces exceptional wine—and it all begins in Silver Mountain's estate organic vineyard.

Estate Organic Vineyard
Our 100 percent organic viticulture starts with a fundamental concern for the environment, and expands to include a healthier and more delicious end product for our customers. Silver Mountain employs organically approved and naturally occurring substances in all vineyard applications, which means that no chemical herbicides, insecticides, fungicides or synthetic fertilizers are used in our vineyard.

Intense Flavors
While implementing these methods is costly and labor intensive, organic farming produces fresher fruit and healthier vines than traditional methods using man-made chemicals. The result is award-winning wine with more intensity and stronger flavors than its counterparts.

Mountain Appellation
Another secret to producing premium fruit is our location high in the mountains. Mountain soil tends to be poor, without a lot of nutrients. As a result, the vines have to struggle more to produce, which yields smaller lots of grapes with more character and a complex variety of flavors. Influenced by the Monterey Bay, the cooler climate of Silver Mountain also means that the fruit takes longer to ripen resulting in longer hang time and enhanced flavor.

Richness and Individuality
Silver Mountain's unique combination of climate, geography, abundant sunlight and organic growing techniques creates the ideal backdrop for producing wines of richness and individuality.

Award-Winning Wines
At Silver Mountain, we are devoted to the production of robust and complex world-class wines. These premier wines are marked by quality, richness of flavor and layers of complexity.

Rose of Pinot Noir - 2008, Central Coast  
$17.00

The Pinot Noir grapes are destemmed and partially crushed. After a short period of time, Silver Mountain "bleeds" the must. A small amount of juice is drawn off to ferment alone, this becomes the Rose. This beautiful looking Rose has a fruity bouquet a dry, unsweetened finish. Alcohol 13.3%.

Zinfandel - 2002, Central Coast, Weidenman Ranch    
$20.00

Chardonnay - 2007, Organically Grown, Santa Cruz Mountains Estate   
$22.00

Rich golden color with complex aromas of peach pie, tropical flavors, and grapefruit with a toasty, honey, and vanilla bouquet. This Chardonnay has a sweet entry of ripe pineapple flavors along with other well-integrated fruit flavors. A full bodied wine with a crisp, non-dry balance. Expect a very clean, long finish for this intense California styled wine. A most popular Chardonnay. Alcohol 14.3%

Alloy - 2002, Santa Cruz Mountain & Santa Clara Valley
$26.00

This classically styled "Bordeaux" varietal is made up of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon (31% from Harvest Moon in the Santa Cruz Mountains and 31% from Mannstand Vineyard in Santa Clara Valley), 32% Merlot (from Silver Mountain Vineyards), 6% Petit Verdot (from Mannstand Vineyards).

This wine is elegantly styled after the left bank of the Gironde. Rich in blackberry aromas and fruit flavors, this wine is medium bodied with a long finish.

Alloy - 2003, Santa Cruz Mountain & Santa Clara Valley
$26.00

This classically styled "Bordeaux" varietal is made up of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon (31% from Harvest Moon in the Santa Cruz Mountains and 31% from Mannstand Vineyard in Santa Clara Valley), 32% Merlot (from Silver Mountain Vineyards), 6% Petit Verdot (from Mannstand Vineyards).

This wine is elegantly styled after the left bank of the Gironde. Rich in blackberry aromas and fruit flavors, this wine is medium bodied with a long finish.

Syrah - 2005,  Central Coast, Weidenman Ranch    
$30.00

Wiedeman Ranch is in the transition area between the rugged Santa Cruz Mts and the 'Valley of Hearts Delight'. Imagine complex flavors from a blend of rugged and delightful! A big, rich Syrah of blackberry and pepper that fills your mouth. Superb.

Pinot Noir - 2006, Santa Cruz Mountains, Miller Hill Vineyard  
$38.00

This wine delivers the big structure of dijon clones 115 and 667. It is still young, with big tannis supporting dense flavors of spiced peach. It will open beautifully with some bottle aging and the finish is long an minerally. It was aged 16 months in tight grained Hungarian Oak, a barrel choice that compliments the Pinot Noir fruit, lends a light toasty, smoky character, and produces a smooth, silky mouth feel.

Huge, powerful aromas of deep red fruit (plum, raspberry) and basil. Spicy, with an amazing depth of tart red cherry fruit, enhanced by some earthiness. Clean and fresh. Balanced.

Harvest date: 26 September, 2006
Must analysis: Brix 25.3; PH 3.27; Acid 0.79
Not crushed, but destemmed; gravity fed through the entire process.
Fermentation: Whole berry; fermented in small containers; punchdown and drainover five times/day.
Barrels: 16 months; 70% in tight-grained Hungarian oak, 30% older French.
Bottling: Unfined and unfiltered.
Alcohol 13.7%

This wine is a testament to the cool climate and terroir of the Santa Lucia Highlands, a prime growing region for Pinot Noir. Its spicy, smoky character, typical of this appellation, is coupled with an amazing depth of tart red cherry fruit. This wine was aged 16 months in tight-grained Hungarian oak, a barrel choice that complements rather than dominates the delicate Pinot Noir fruit and produces a smooth, silky mouthfeel. The palate is well structured, with rich, gorgeous colour and smooth tannins to ensure ageability.

Complex, with red and black fruits, licorice and a hint of oak. Spicy, with an amazing depth of tart red cherry fruit, enhanced by some earthiness. Clean and fresh. Balanced.

Harvest date: 14 September, 2005
Must analysis: Brix 25.3; PH 3.42; Acid 0.74
ML: 2mg/100ml
RS: 4mg/100ml
Not crushed, but destemmed; gravity fed through the entire process.
Fermentation: Whole berry; fermented in small containers; punchdown and drainover five times/day.
Barrels: 15 months; 70% in tight-grained Hungarian oak, 30% older French.
Bottling: Unfined and unfiltered.
Alcohol 14.5%

Pinot Noir - 2006, Santa Cruz Mountains, Muns Vineyard
$38.00

Brilliant cherry on the front palate, backed by rich, concentrated black cherry and berry fruits with nutmeg and cinnamon notes, with subtle hints of oak aromatics. A big Pinot, but elegant, structured, balanced – an exceptional example from the phenomenal 2005 vintage. Shows the characteristic minerality of the Santa Cruz Mountains. This wine is delicious now, and for the more patient of us will prove very rewarding with further aging.

At 2600’ elevation on the Loma Prieta ridgetop overlooking Monterey Bay, Muns Vineyard is at the
highest vineyard elevation in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It sits above the fog line and is cooled by the gentle maritime breeze that sweeps in almost constantly off of Monterey Bay in the summertime– ideal for growing premium Pinot Noir. In the winter it is not uncommon for the vineyard to beblanketed in snow. The soil varies from rich loam to shale to red clay.

The fruit is grown by Ed Muns, with diligent attention to sustainable vineyard practices that produce extraordinary wine grapes.

Harvest date: 20 & 22 September, 2006
Must analysis: Brix 25.9; PH 3.47; Acid .7
Not crushed, but destemmed; gravity fed through the entire process.
Fermentation: Whole berry; fermented in small containers; punchdown and drainover 5 times/day.
Barrel Aging: 17 months in 33% new Hungarian oak
Bottling: Unfined and unfiltered.

2005 Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Clara Valley, Weideman Ranch
$38.00

The best of the Cabernet that goes into the popular Alloy blend has been singled out and aged an additional eight months to produce this rich Cabernet Sauvignon. 100 cases produced.

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