- Practicing Organic
- 100% Riesling
- Kick-on Ranch vineyard (Sta. Rita Hills AVA)
- One of the coolest and windiest sites in Santa Barbara County
- Betteravia Sandy Loam
- Southwest facing hillside
- 12 hours of skin maceration, fermented and aged in stainless steel, blocked ML
- Aged for one year in the winery, and one year in bottle before release.
- 120 cases produced
- R.S. 5 g/L
- 13% abv
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2023
Country:
United States
Region:
California
Appellation:
Santa Barbara
Variety:
Riesling
Color:
White
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | US-TAT-35-23 | 12/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
James Suckling
Score
94
Date
2025-10-13
"Racy yet ripe and layered, showing citrus, citrus pith, white radish, coriander seed, shimmering acidity and bitterness. Savory. Long and phenolic through the lingering finish. Drink or hold."
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2025-11-06
"One of the highlights in the range of dry white wines, the 2023 Riesling Kick On Ranch is based on later-picked fruit but without botrytized grapes and underwent overnight skin maceration. It offers a strikingly transparent and citrus-driven bouquet, introducing a broad, tense and elastic palate that is equal parts delicious, immediate and quietly profound. It concludes with a mineral-drenched and grippy finish that is elegant and understated yet deceptively complex. This will be particularly interesting to watch evolve past its 10th birthday."
Vinous
Score
90
Date
2025-08-28
"The 2023 Pinot Noir Kick-On Ranch is light, savory and ethereal, leading off with leather, tobacco, petrichor and stemmy herbs. The 50% whole clusters make their presence felt, but there's still delicate fruit beneath the surface, speaking softly and with restraint. This will likely be a polarizing wine, but it is undeniably full of character."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2021
Vinous
Score
94
Date
2023-09-01