Chateau Sinnet Winery & Vineyards

Chateau Sinnet Winery & Vineyards
13746 Center Street
Carmel Valley, California
USA 93924
Phone: 831-659-2244
http://www.chateausinnet.com/

Contact: Gary Sinnet
Email: [email protected]

In the Highland Valley of the Santa Lucia Mountain Range lies Château Sinnet’s Jolon Vineyards. For many years the vineyard was owned and grown by one of California’s most renowned growers, Buster Goodwin.

Buster managed Almaden’s extensive vineyards for over 17 years while acting as a worldwide consultant to the wine industry. When he decided to plant and grow his own vines, he chose the newly established San Antonio Valley AVA, located in the southern most portion of Monterey County. The land provided an exceptional terroir from its rich shaly loam soils and its invaluable day to night climate changes and breezes.

For Buster, if a varietal was not meeting up to his high expectations and meticulous quality demands, he would remove any such ‘less than perfect’ vines and plant anew. Extremely few growers ever do this because of the prohibitive costs involved.Some years ago Buster sold the vineyard to Gary Sinnet while continuing to oversee and manage the 100 plus acres of vines with the same enduring passion for unfailing quality.

To that end, Château Sinnet Winery and Vineyards still grows selectively low yields of six varietals that are carefully nurtured and hand picked upon maturity. Château Sinnet also sells grapes to a number of prominent California wineries who repeatedly state that Jolon Vineyard grapes are the best of the best, year after year.

Winemaker: Stephan G. Kidder

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