Greetings Berserkers!
We are excited to be back with some great Berserker Day 15 offerings with great deals on all wines with shipping included!
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 sites, 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: About Us - Sandar & Hem Wines
We also posted a Wine Berserkers newbie thread a several years back: NEWBIE INTRO – Sandar & Hem Wines - BerserkerDay 12 Newbie Intros - WineBerserkers
BD15 Offers
First we have two different 6-pack samplers of Chardonnay. We love Chardonnay and its 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. Both samplers include our latest 2021 release from the Le Boeuf Vineyard, a dry farmed site with 50+ year-old vines we farm ourselves using all organic practices. The Mountain Winery Chardonnay in the single vineyard sampler has a special place in our heart as it was originally planted to vines by the Burgundian Paul Masson at the turn of the 20th century with vines he brought back from France and is ground zero for fine wine in California. It was replanted in 2004 to vine material from the historic vineyard. The steep Franciscan Shale vineyard just a stone’s throw from Mount Eden yields a Chardonnay of power, finesse, and length.
We are also offering a 6-pack sampler of our single-vineyard Pinot Noirs. These are our favorite Pinot Noirs we have produced to date and both sites are just a few miles from the ocean and showcase floral aromatics and that bright, pure, and ethereal fruit that the Santa Cruz Mountains is renowned for.
Next we have a 6-pack of our 2020 Bates Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon. This historic mountain site has been planted to Cabernet Sauvignon since the early 1970s. For BD14 we offered the 2019 vintage of this wine which was a very light and finesse-driven expression of Cabernet. The 2020 Cabernet is has a bit more depth and concentration but still is a classic early-picked Cabernet expression with notes of cassis, violets, garrigue, and earth.
Finally, we have the last handful of cases of our 2022 Grenache rosé remaining that we are offering at great pricing to make room for the 2023 rosé that will be released in Spring. We think this drinks even better with some age on it and is absolutely delicious right now! 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. It a crowd-pleasing Provençal-style rosé that is also a serious wine.
As a bonus on BD15, Any Berserker joining our wine club will receive a six pack of 2022 Grenache Rosé with shipping included for $9. 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 2019 Mindego Ridge Pinot Noir. Berserkers making a purchase will get an additional entry. Winner will be announced Berserker Day (Friday) by 6pm PST.
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Shipping is included for all BD15 orders - Use Code: BD15SHIP
We ship via UPS to: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, MC, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY
Pinot Noir 2021 Single Vineyard Sampler 6-pack LINK
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Three Each:
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2021 Deerheart Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains (94 pts, WE)
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2021 Mindego Ridge Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains (93 pts, WE)
Chardonnay 2021 Single Vineyard Sampler 6-pack LINK
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Three Each:
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2021 Mountain Winery Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains (96 pts, WE)
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2021 Le Boeuf Vineyard Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains (92 pts, WE)
Chardonnay Sipper 6-pack LINK
SOLD OUT (Use Code: BD15SHIP)
Two Each:
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2021 Le Boeuf Vineyard Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains (92 pts, WE)
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2020 Bozzo Gulch Vineyard Chardonnay
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2019 Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains