Our family isn’t known for resting on our laurels. We have been growing wine grapes for more than thirty years and making estate wines for close to twenty, always with a vision for setting the bar higher with each vintage. At Pisoni vineyards, we replanted a block of Pinot Noir grafted on drought-tolerant rootstocks that push deep into the soil. Roots run deep to find moisture, making our vineyard more sustainable and the vines more likely to produce superior fruit over the long term. Planting a new block demands a serious time commitment. You must exude patience and be willing to sacrifice more than four fruit-bearing years. The new Pinot Noir block began producing fruit in 2015 and will someday become part of our Pisoni Estate wine program. As we continue to tailor our wine program to allow for separate fermenting and aging of each block of grapes, we are also finding an eminent need to create a facility specifically designed for our needs. We are painstakingly engineering our new winery around every block in the vineyard, from fine-tuning the placement of each fermentation tank to creating more space for research and development. Wine aging in barrel thrives in the right habitat, and, with almost twenty years of making wine under our belts, we are still refining and improving procedures. As we write this, we are putting the final touches on the tank placement and look forward to the 2016 harvest and many more harvests to come being produced in our newly customized space. Whether hosting a small group in our California vineyards or speaking in front of a large audience in New York, Gary loves sharing his stories with wine enthusiasts. The Pebble Beach Food and Wine event, set against the beautiful Pacific coastline, is one of Gary’s favorite annual events. We were also invited to participate at the esteemed Wine Spectator’s New York Wine Experience. Gary spent the morning on a panel with Jim Laube, Eva Dehlinger, Anne Moller- Racke of Donum, and Scott McLeod of Skywalker. Gary fully enjoyed sharing the history of our vineyards and our wines; he even wore a tie to the event, leaving many in disbelief! Wine Spectator has a video of the discussion on their website where you can see Gary in action.

1. ESTATE
CONSTANT PROGRESS
A Year in Pursuit of Perfection

2. THE VINEYARD...
For two years in a row, our Pisoni Estate Pinot Noir has been selected for Jeb Du
THE WINERY.
O
ur family isn’t known for
resting on our laurels. We have
been growing wine grapes
for more than thirty years and making
estate wines for close to twenty, always
with a vision for setting the bar higher
with each vintage.
At Pisoni vineyards, we replanted
a block of Pinot Noir grafted on
drought-tolerant rootstocks that push
deep into the soil. Roots run deep to
find moisture, making our vineyard
more sustainable and the vines more
likely to produce superior fruit over the
long term.
Planting a new block demands a serious
time commitment. You must exude
patience and be willing to sacrifice more
than four fruit-bearing years. The new
Pinot Noir block began producing fruit
in 2015 and will someday become part
of our Pisoni Estate wine program.
A
s we continue to tailor our
wine program to allow for
separate fermenting and aging
of each block of grapes, we are also
finding an eminent need to create a facility
specifically designed for our needs. We are
painstakingly engineering our new winery
around every block in the vineyard, from
fine-tuning the placement of each
fermentation tank to creating more space
for research and development.

3. unnuck’s year-end “Guide to the Best” in The Wine Advocate. Truly an honor.
... & OUT ON THE TOWN...
W
hether hosting a small group
in our California vineyards
or speaking in front of a
large audience in New York, Gary loves
sharing his stories with wine enthusiasts.
The Pebble Beach Food and Wine
event, set against the beautiful Pacific
coastline, is one of Gary’s favorite
annual events.
We were also invited to participate at
the esteemed Wine Spectator’s New
York Wine Experience. Gary spent the
morning on a panel with Jim Laube,
Eva Dehlinger, Anne Moller- Racke
of Donum, and Scott McLeod of
Skywalker. Gary fully enjoyed sharing
the history of our vineyards and
our wines; he even wore a tie to the
event, leaving many in disbelief!
Wine Spectator has a video of the
discussion on their website where you
can see Gary in action.
Wine aging in barrel thrives in the right
habitat, and, with almost twenty years
of making wine under our belts, we are
still refining and improving procedures.
As we write this, we are putting the final
touches on the tank placement and look
forward to the 2016 harvest and many
more harvests to come being produced in
our newly customized space.
PhotobyNicCoury

4. Release Schedule
To emphasize our dedication and
long-term commitment to each of our
Santa Lucia Highlands vineyards, we
offer our Pisoni Estate and Lucia wines
according to the vineyard from which the
grapes are sourced:
SPRING
Lucia Soberanes Vineyard wines and
Lucia “Santa Lucia Highlands” cuvées
SUMMER
Lucia Garys’ Vineyard wines
FALL
Pisoni Vineyards wines
PO Box 908
Gonzales, CA 93926
ph: 800.270.2525
fax: 831.675.2557
pisonivineyards.com
Fall 2016
Writer: Carol Miller
Design: Chelsea McKenna
Photography: Pisoni Family
2014 Pisoni Estate Chardonnay
A wine of great depth and purity. The 2014
Pisoni Estate Chardonnay possesses a nose
of nectarine, lemon peel, brioche and hints
of white flowers. This tiny blend of four
barrels consists of 50% new French oak.
Aging occurred on the lees with minimal
stirring for 15 months. There is great
breadth and a long finish with crisp acidity
which recalls the cold mornings high up in
the mountains of the Santa Lucia Highlands.
2014 Pisoni Estate Pinot Noir
The 2014 season gave us a beautiful
combination of freshness and structure
in the Pisoni Estate Pinot Noir. It is rich
and vibrant, with a deep crimson red color
and bouquet of violets and rose petals
with underlying fresh Santa Rosa plums,
boysenberries and pomegranate. This was a
dry year producing thorough development
of the berries, yielding velvety and
approachable tannins with a long finish. It is
a blend of select vineyard blocks of varying
age and characteristics that give additional
depth to the palate. This wine will be great
for cellaring from mid to long-term.
2014 Lucia Susan’s Hill Syrah
The 2014 Susan’s Hill Syrah is bold and
intense with elegant nuances. Piercing
aromas of blackberry, olive, wet stone,
baking spice and the familiarity of a worn
leather chair. It is the soil’s layers of granite
and schist that produce the dense and almost
chewy tannins to this Syrah. The palate
is tight, indicating the cellaring potential,
but with time in the glass it unfolds into a
mouth-coating, layered, high-altitude Syrah.
—Jeff Pisoni, Winemaker
ESTATE