Sutton Cellars was started in 1996 by Carl Sutton producing a mere 350 cases of four handcrafted varietals. To this day the focus remains single varietal and often single vineyard wines from sites that are cool climate, old vine and/or singular clones. Current production is around 3,000 cases, half of which is a second label "Table Wine" that is 100% Sonoma County fruit priced right for today's economy. The main (brown) label wines are never more than 300 case lots, and are still hand filled and hand corked. The goal at Sutton Cellars is to coax wines of subtlety from the vineyard striving for lower alcohol, higher acid and less oak than is the commercial norm in California winemaking. Unless noted all wines are fermented with wild yeast and bottled unfined and unfiltered.
The following wines are currently available:
| - | 2007 Rattlesnake Rosé - Sonoma County 85% Syrah, 10% Carignane, 5% Tempranillo barrel fermented in neutral oak and sur-lie aged for fourteen months |
$15 |
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| - | 2006 Carignane - Redwood Valley 70 year old vines from rocky red soil fermented with 25% whole clusters |
$17 |
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| - | 2006 Syrah - Bennett Valley all Syrah from two vineyards east of Santa Rosa volcanic soils, warm days and cool nights bring nuance to this Rhone styled wine |
$19 |
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| - | 2006 "Vino Genoroso" - Russian River Valley - dessert wine all Zinfandel from 40 year old vines on the Santa Rosa Plain fortified to 18% alcohol with 8% residual sugar |
$21/500ml |
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| - | NV "La Solera" - Sonoma County - dessert wine a blend of wines from 1999 to 2006 consisting of equal parts Syrah & Zin with 15% Carignane inspired by Banyuls and informed by Jerez |
$30/500ml |
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Second Label:
| - | 2005 Merlot - Table Wine - Sonoma County 70% Bennett Valley hillside for structure and spice and 30% Russian River for fruit and aromatics aged 30 months in barrel |
$14 |
Please contact the winery about direct sales, distribution in your area or further info on the wines