Greetings Berserkers!
We are excited to be back with some great Berserker Day 14 offerings!
Sandar & Hem crafts transparently made wines from distinctive sites within the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA. Our winemaker Rob Bergstrom launched Sandar & Hem to explore the unique and diverse expressions of vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains after working harvests at Rhys and Mount Eden.
Santa Cruz Mountains wines have a compelling character driven by the altitude and aspect of the mountain environment, strong ocean and bay cooling influences, and diverse soil and geology brought by the upheaval of the San Andreas Fault running through the region. The wines exhibit a purity of fruit and fresh acid, mineral, and tannic structure that can yield delicious wines of balance, that are at their very best paired with food, and which can age gracefully, often for decades. To complement this character, our winemaking approach is to pick relatively early, just as phenolic ripeness is reached and then to foster the grapes with a light hand to allow the sites to speak. We have chosen each special vineyard site based on a number of factors including the history of the site and vine age, compelling plant material (e.g. heritage clones, own-rooted sites), farming (organic and biodynamic practices preferred), interesting geology, and microclimates. We have built great partnerships with growers with some of the most historic and compelling sites in the Santa Cruz Mountains and also are farming a couple of stunning 40+year-old Chardonnay sites ourselves.
You can learn more about the vineyards and winery at our website: Sandar and Hem - About Us - Our Team
We also posted a Wine Berserkers newbie thread a couple years back: NEWBIE INTRO – Sandar & Hem Wines - BerserkerDay 12 Newbie Intros - WineBerserkers
The 2020 vintage brought brutal lightning and wind-driven fires to the Santa Cruz Mountains and we lost most of our red wine programs and two white programs close to the fires so we currently have modest inventories brought about by that challenging harvest. We have pulled out much of our remaining stocks and library wines here to put together some fantastic Berserker Day 14 offerings!
First we have a 6-pack sampler Chardonnay offering. We love Chardonnay and it’s range of expressions in the Santa Cruz Mountains and these sampler packs will give you a good idea of what our wines are all about. Grab one of these as they sell out every year.
We are also offering 6-pack of our 2019 Bates Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon. In 2019 we worked with some new blocks at Bates Ranch and picked early to explore the terroir-driven character of this site. This wine exhibits a lighter more finesse-driven expression of Cabernet with notes of cassis, violets, garrigue, and earth.
Finally, we have the last handful of cases of our 2021 Grenache rosé remaining that we are offering at great pricing to make room for the 2022 rosé that will be released soon. This is a perennial favorite among folks who follow us and has notes of plum, peach, and hibiscus framed by nice acidity and a whisper of wild sage/thyme which is hallmark for this site. This is a crowd-pleasing Provençal-style rosé that is also a serious wine!
As a bonus on BD14, Any Berserker joining our wine club will receive a six pack of 2021 Grenache Rosé with shipping included for $14. Please feel free to reach out with any questions!
Also any Berserker leaving a comment here in our sales thread will be entered into a drawing for a magnum of our sold-out 2018 Bruzzone Vineyard Chardonnay. Berserkers making a purchase will get an additional entry. Winner will be announced Berserker Day (Thursday) at 5pm.
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Shipping is included for all BD14 orders
We Ship with our own license to: CA, CO, DC, FL, IL, NY, OR, TN, TX direct. Please use the sales links immediately below for those states
For AZ, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY we ship using another platform so please scroll down the page for sales links to these states
Chardonnay Sampler 6-pack
SOLD OUT (Retail: $242) Shipping Included
USE CODE: BD14SHIP
One Each:
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2019 Mindego Ridge Vineyard Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains (94 pts, WE)
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2019 Bruzzone Vineyard Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains (95 pts, WE)
Note: We may substitute the 2020 Bruzzone Chardonnay from our library for the 2019 as most was sold on the prelaunch day! Similar character in 2020 but with even more bright acid and length. -
2020 Mountain Winery Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains (92 pts, Vinous Media (AG))
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2020 Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay
Two Each:
- 2020 Bozzo Gulch Vineyard Chardonnay
Sandar & Hem 2019 Bates Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon 6-pack
SOLD OUT (Regular: $348) Shipping Included
USE CODE: BD14SHIP
Sandar & Hem 2021 Bates Ranch Grenache Rosé 6-pack
SOLD OUT (Regular: $144) Shipping Included
USE CODE: BD14SHIP
Sandar & Hem 2021 Bates Ranch Grenache Rosé 12-pack
SOLD OUT (Regular: $288) Shipping Included
USE CODE: BD14SHIP
**We use a different platform to ship to: AZ, DC, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY
Please use the links below to order for shipments to these additional states - Same pricing applies:
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Chardonnay Sampler 6-pack
SOLD OUT (Regular: $242) Shipping Included
USE CODE: BD14SHIP
One Each:
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2019 Mindego Ridge Vineyard Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains (94 pts, WE)
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2019 Bruzzone Vineyard Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains (95 pts, WE)
Note: We may substitute the 2020 Bruzzone Chardonnay from our library for the 2019 as most was sold on the prelaunch day! Similar character in 2019 with even more bright acid and length. -
2020 Mountain Winery Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains (92 pts, Vinous Media (AG))
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2020 Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay
Two Each:
- 2020 Bozzo Gulch Vineyard Chardonnay
2019 Bates Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon 6-pack
SOLD OUT (Regular: $348) Shipping Included
USE CODE: BD14SHIP
2021 Bates Ranch Grenache Rosé 6 bottles
SOLD OUT (Regular: $144) Shipping Included
USE CODE: BD14SHIP
2021 Bates Ranch Grenache Rosé 12 bottles
SOLD OUT (Regular: $288) Shipping Included
USE CODE: BD14SHIP