About the Wine

"Venerations" implies a profound respect, in this case referencing the history behind David Ramey and Davis Bynum. But it is also is a play on the words "venerable" and "generations," describing the mentor David Ramey and mentee Greg Morthole, of Davis Bynum Winery.

Ramey honed his skills in Bordeaux, Napa and Sonoma, starting his own label in 1996, and finding truth in winemaking techniques that made delicious wines. His expertise has passed along from mentorto mentee consulting with Morthole for the last nine vintages with Davis Bynum. Though the winemakers enjoy a long relationship, these two wineries have never before collaborated to blend a wine together. This special lot comes from two vineyards — De LaMontanya Home Ranch and Jane's Vineyard — about three and a half miles apart in the central Russian River Valley's Santa Rosa Plain. David Ramey and protégé Greg Morthole enjoy the complexity, richness and ultimate expression of terroir from fermenting the wines with native yeast and native ML bacteria,allowing the wine to settle, and with gentle fining, go to bottle unfiltered.

Upon release, expect a potpourri of complex cherry and plum Russian River fruit to lead to darker expression in the flavors, with black cherry, loam and toasty oak, balanced acidity and lingering dried fruit flavors.