BD10 SPONSOR FEATURE: Riverain Vineyards

Welcome to Riverain!

Riverain Vineyards is a boutique winery hand crafting wines with grapes from Tench Vineyards in Oakville (Cabernet), Cardiac Hill in Bennett Valley (Syrah), and Gamble Vineyards in Yountville (Sauvignon Blanc).

We are excited to announce the release of our 6th vintage, the 2016s. Our winemaker, Thomas Rivers Brown is just as excited with this vintage, and we continue to be lucky to have him make our wines. As many of you are aware, Tench Vineyard which is the source of our flagship Cabernet in Oakville, is no longer a well-kept secret. The vineyard which is adjacent to Screaming Eagle, has become the source for a number of world class Cabernets and blends.

The stretch of vintages from 2012 to 2016 have been truly outstanding. We love that the 2016s for both Cabernet and Syrah seems like a combination of 2013s structure and mass and 2015s beautiful up front fruit. We also had a return to a nice size crop for our Cabernet, although Syrah yields remained 50% down from 2014. The concentration, density and balance of these 2016s is what we aim for every vintage. We could not be more pleased.

We look forward to Berserker Day Ten! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at steve@riverainvineyards.com.

From all of us at Riverain, we could not be more thankful to everyone who has encouraged us to pursue our passion for producing great wines! We hope that you will become a part of our story.

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Great Cabernet and Syrah!