Our Grapes

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The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

- Galileo Galilei

Oleta Vineyard has produced several award-winning varietals, including four Gold Medals and one Silver Medal at the 2019 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.

Barbera

Barbera is a very vigorous grape variety that can produce high yields (up to 5 tons/acre). Barbera is the third most widely planted red grape variety in Italy though it is most common in the Asti and Alba regions.

Barbera grapes produce rich, red wines with strong fruit flavors and aromas.

Why is Barbera considered to be " the people's wine"?

Zinfandel

Zinfandel is a versatile blue-black grape that allows for the creation of a range of wines. It’s been grown on the West Coast for over a hundred years.

Amador County has a reputation for producing big full-bodied Zinfandel wines with robust flavors and aromas of berries

Red Zinfandel wines are characterised by a dark colour with notes of spices and pepper.

Grenache

Grenache or Garnacha is one of the most widely planted red wine grape varieties in the world.

Grenache wines have flavors and aromas of strong fruit, raspberries, and a bit of spice.

Petite Sirah

Petite Sirah earned its name from the small size of the berries and not the name of the wine.
Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/wine-topics/wine-educational-questions/grapes-for-wine-making-flavor-characteristics-explained/petite-sirah-wine-grape-flavor-character-history/

Petite Sirah is an exceptionally rare grape with less than 10,000 planted acres worldwide, growing mainly in California.

Petite Sirah is the offspring of Syrah and Peloursin

Vermentino

Petite Sirah earned its name from the small size of the berries and not the name of the wine.
Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/wine-topics/wine-educational-questions/grapes-for-wine-making-flavor-characteristics-explained/petite-sirah-wine-grape-flavor-character-history/

Vermentino is a thin skinned white wine grape variety traditionally producing a lighter-bodied, upbeat citrus & tree fruit based wine.

More about our Vermentino

Sauvignon Blanc

The name Sauvignon Blanc means “Wild White”. This versatile green skin grape variety creates white wines ranging in flavor from grassy to fruity.

Sauvignon Blanc white wine flavors are fresh, bright, and crisp

An early-ripening, aromatic grape, sauvignon produces dry wines, with marked acidity that are distinctly aromatic and herbaceous.

Montepulciano

Montepulciano (“mon-ta-pull-channo”) is a medium-bodied red wine grape that is supposed to have originated in central Italy.

More about our Montepulciano