Wines Tasting Notes

Hosting a summer party is about pouring your generous heart out to others. You spend time and energy arranging these gatherings and can often end up depleted. The secret solution? At the end of the night, after your guests have departed, pull out a bottle of the 2021 SO GOOD! orange wine. This wine is the reward for your cooking, entertaining, and generosity. The 2021 SO GOOD! stretches far beyond your glass and gives you a deep breath into love.

Due to drought in 2021, our old vine Mendocino Chenin Blanc harvest was down 75%. In the tiny amount of Chenin we were able to harvest, there was glorious fruit filled with true inspiration. After 40 days of skin contact, these spirit filled berries transformed into magical flavors of rocks, herbs, dried citrus, resin, amber, orange peel, frankincense, and fenugreek. Regal in texture, noble in length. A grounding wine for personal space travel with complex and shifting scents of wild thyme, labdanum, tangerine oil, and old growth redwood grove. You will find tip of the tongue texture that tingles around a beautiful and unwinding palate that goes and goes and goes. Perfect for post party grazing. Lamb lollipops? Sure! Dolmas with tzatziki? You know it!

Decant 30-45 Minutes.

The 2021 Summer-Salters Rosé is a serious showstopper. 50% Shake Ridge Ranch Mourvèdre and 50% Shake Ridge Ranch Primitivo meet in a blend of high fives and sunshine daydreams. The Mourvèdre brings the depth and texture, and the Primitivo delivers the balancing acidity.

2021 was an incredibly dry year in California. This resulted in ridiculously small yields of wildly intense and flavorful grapes. Though fruit quantities were microscopic, they produced profound wines. The aromatics of our 2021 wines are astronomical. The textures are luscious with balanced acidity. The finish on each wine goes all the way – stretching from your palate to cosmic dawn. This profile is grand, afternoon cumulus clouds, and post lightning ozone. You will find aromas and flavors of sishu mandarin, palo santo, rhubarb, and pine needle beach. A lush and ornate palate with intense flavors that end in a hold-the-table finish, the 2021 Summer-Salters has serious undertow. This is indeed a”full plate” rosé. It will play with summer’s medley coming off the grill – from shellfish to portobello mushrooms to juicy ribeyes.

Decant 45-60 Minutes. Serve cool to cellar temp (not cold).

We all need a white wine that makes us get out the drums, crash the cymbals, and sing out with all our heart. A wine that lures us in with its sophistication and finishes off with an invigorating primal roar. Welcome to your 2021 Full King Crab!

You can’t name a wine, “Full King Crab” unless it is both outrageously good and has a story to share.

Not far from Big Sky, MT is the Corral Bar. A local’s spot ideal for a cold beer and a shot. On a recent visit with friends, I locked in on some graffiti written on the bathroom wall. Instead of seeing the typical profane scribble, I read, “Otta Get The Full King Crab!!” The message struck me, and not because I craved the full king crab (it wasn’t on the menu). It went deeper. This is a message to always grab the full king crab in life – in whatever form it may appear.

The 2021 Full King Crab gives you everything. It is one part noble in all its regalia, and the other part stripped naked, diving off the dock howling “The ocean is love!!” Combined, it is a delicious journey that whisks you away on pulses of energy from the age of dinosaurs to the glorious here and now. Steamed crustaceans with herb butter. Grilled salmon with couscous and preserved lemon, and of course, FULL KING CRAB!

The 2021 Go Rick Red! is a wine of magical energy! The perfume is a garland of herb dusted cool cherries, satsuma peel, five spice, and intrigue. The palate is a wonderful pop of fruit and spice that feels like pure summer solstice sorcery!

The 2021 Go Rick Red! Is your wine for all occasions that will have your guests chanting “Go Rick! Go Rick! Go Rick!” each time it is poured.

40% Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel, 25% Old Vine Carignane, 17% Old Vine Grenache, 10% Old Vine Mourvèdre, 8% Chenin Blanc

The name, Go Rick Red! is inspired by the book, "How do you Dance?" by author-illustrator, Thyra Heder. Rick is a school custodian who has the absolute best dance moves and he expresses himself with all of his heart. Rick, this wine, and the Extradimensional community share similar energies.

Pour a glass and enjoy in an Adirondack chair facing the water.

A masterwork of blending. Five varieties beautifully come together to celebrate intentional gatherings with your family of choice. Perfect for lively dinners around the dockside table.

70% Zinfandel, 9% Old Vine Carignane, 8% Grenache, 7% Chardonnay, 6% Old Vine Mourvèdre

Endless waves of aromatic delight. Hibiscus & raspberry tea on top of just ripe, brambly fruit all framed by a treasure box filled with rare incense and exotic coins.

You will open and share a lot of this.

This is the wine to open with an old friend - a bond that carries you through the years. It is powerful and profound in its purity of place.

Coiled flavors of petrified cherry, geranium, and white pepper gently unfurl into childhood memories. A wine for a long decant and a longer meal. Like true friendship, it will develop beautifully for years and always catch up right where you left off.

88% Grenache, 8% Syrah 4% Chenin Blanc

This is what you open for those who stay to help with the dishes after most of your guests have left. This is the wine for secret gathering, grazing and long night talking. It is as if Bandol and Burgundy had a love child that was raised in the redwoods of Northern California.

Mixed berry compote with backyard herbs, beeswax, muskmelon. A multi-dimensional palate with perfect tannin, pine pitch essence, and a long spiraling finish.

68% Del Barba Old Vine Mourvèdre, 28% Rosewood Old Vine Carignane, 4% AT Vineyard Zinfandel

You will want to tuck some away to see it evolve but you simply won't be able to hold it. An elixir for today, for down the road, a journey into a wonderful purple cloud.

The dark fruits of old vine Mourvèdre wielding dual light sabers of Carignane and Primitivo.

Strawberry & cherry essence, wild fennel flower, pectin, coastal highways. A triumphant structure of gentle tannins with a moonlight through the clouds finish.

A wine to accompany your top marinated pork tenderloin and wilted greens.

130 year old Mourvèdre, 85 year old Carignane, and 40+ year old Primitivo

The road map to Extradimensional Wine Co. Yeah!

Put this crowd pleaser at both ends on your winter holiday table and have a few more open for backup. Trust us, it goes fast.

The fantastic 2021 Local Election displays a delicate abundance of red fruits and a graceful palate of depth and texture supported by a glowing beam of acidity and endless micro tannins.

30% Zinfandel, 22% Grenache, 22% Chenin Blanc, 20% Old Vine Mourvèdre, 6% Chardonnay

Garlic and herb roasted chicken! The Chardonnay drives the bus; the Chenin controls the radio.

90% Chardonnay, 10% Chenin Blanc

High desert gardens of rocks. The nose is a steam engine's dream through a limestone tunnel. On the palate, intricately carved trays stacked with frozen citrus, cone incense, thinly sliced apples, and tiny bells. They swirl and ring together in lovely tension which releases with a canyon echo finish.

The EXTRA SPECIAL Extradimensional Wine.

Beauty, fun and otherworldly finesse.

In the nose, you will find a perfume of immediate joy and wah! The wine fills the glass with intriguing beauty that lures you deep into its spectacular puzzle.

On the palate you find woo-hoo! levels of acidity and a vortex of light and dark flavors where plum and apricot entwine and create a most mouthwatering pluot in the glass.Small and persistent mineral flavored tannins pull the fruit off the tree and place it at the center of your being.

50% Merlot, 27% Chenin Blanc, 15% Grenache, 8% Old Vine Mourvèdre

The 2021 Evangelho Mourvèdre is a radiant soul with a stunning profile. A rare and prized wine to pull out as the underground showstopper.

Stone cooked raspberry, sarsaparilla, star wars blaster. Splendid medium-minus body. Gorgeous arched fruit, Ripe delicious tannin.

Visually stunning. The 2021 Close Encounters is the color of the perfect orange amber sunset dropping into the distant horizon.

Stemming all from the legendary Brosseau Vineyard, the 2021 Close Encounters is an aromatic mosaic of melon, tamarind, florist greenhouse, rocky earth, scotch bonnet pepper, and grounding sweet potato.

On the palate the flavors of the 2021 Close Encounters are incredibly playful on top of a canvas of serious substance. This wine is where wilderness meets a fantasy metropolis. Its medium body has waves of complexity perked up by bright acid and a long luscious finish that goes in and out with each exhale.

This wine feels like it is written in a beautiful, yet unknown language that was made to communicate with extraterrestrial life.

The aromatics of the 2021 Family Band pull you into a beautiful mystery with mandelbrot fractals of red, purple, and magenta Yeah! The deeper you smell, the more infinite the aromatic pattern becomes.

On the palate, the wine is a warm wooly vintage Pendelton blanket with the just right amount of stimulating scratch. Juicy. Toe Tapping exuberance as you are held in the delightful puzzle of, how can this be both pure and raw and beautifully sophisticated at the same time?

While drinking, your mind may run wild through images of Fall - covered bridges in parallel universes, where people speak in rhyme and autumn’s crisp rivers flow like songs from the deepest heart.

Looking at my tasting notes, there by the corner of the page is scratched "Metras on Mescaline." an ode to the legendary producer of deeply expressive Cru Beaujolais. The dance of flavors and the palette of colors in this wine is both stunning and surreal and provides a glimpse into the inner landscape of Yeah!

Medium minus bodied. Succulent. Bright acidity. A full prism of delightful red fruits leads into a lengthy fruit driven finish the hums of ancient ways.

Zin, Old Vine Grenache, and Older Vine Chardonnay? More please!

The name comes from these elements pulled together in a heartwarming song.

The Cabernet Sauvignon from Mariana's Vineyard is a symphony that transcends time and space. With each gentle swirl of the glass, the nose embarks on a guided meditation, leading you through a labyrinth of aromatic notes.

Nose: Pure tones of violet, graphite, jasmine, blackberry, and a hint of my grandfather's unlit pipe tobacco conjure a bouquet that is nothing short of a journey back in time—a nostalgic voyage to cherished memories and heartfelt moments.

Palate: This medium-bodied marvel unravels with the grace of silken red fruit, a complex tapestry that dances with minerality. The tannins, perfectly formed, lend a tactile elegance to each sip. They cradle the wine's core, like the steady tolling of a bell, bringing all those scents and flavors into harmonious alignment. The wine's finish is a celestial comet streaking across the night sky, with its luminous trail of unforgettable moments and sensations.

The Mariana's Vineyard Cabernet Franc is more than a wine; it's a sacred journey, a communion with nature, and a tale of history and mystique.

Nose: Pour this elixir into your glass, and you'll feel like you've stumbled upon a sacred meeting between redwood tips and mountain air. It's a scent that evokes reverence and an intimate communion with nature.

Palate: On the palate, this wine reveals itself in endless waves of purple-red fruit, essential oils, and potter's clay. It carries a glorious weight, each sip deepening the connection to the terroir and the stories it holds. It is a wine that resonates with the past while carrying you into the future.

Finish: The finish is broad and grounding, yet paradoxically ethereal. It's a luxurious winter safari through the deserts of Western India, an experience both exotic and ancient, locked into memory for this generation and beyond.

The Santa Cruz Mountains Merlot is a spell woven into a glass, a story of aromas that transport us to a realm of enchantment.

Nose: Sublime aromatics waft from the glass, reminiscent of fresh plum, the cool breath of wintergreen, subtle whispers of graphite, and the faint memory of your finest linens, carefully stored in antique chest. It's a prelude to the sensory journey that awaits.

Palate: Luscious and impeccably balanced, this Merlot unfolds with ripples of cherry, a touch of unsweetened cacao, and the aroma of sun showers on-warmed soil. Each sip reconnects you with the oh-so forgotten beauty of this exquisite varietal. The tannins possess a texture akin to a perfect Asian pear—sandy and dreamy, a mouthwatering sensory delight.

When shared with winemaker friends, their most common comment is, "I want my Cabernet Sauvignon to taste like that (your Merlot)."

Finish: The finish is pure winter wizardry. The interplay of fruit and spice extends in an elegant, enchanting buzz, stretching from your palate to your fingertips. This wine is not merely to be savored; it's meant to be shared with friends, a revelation to delight and amaze.

Decant 75-120 Minutes.

The Universe’s #1 Old Vine Teleportation Wine!

Cheering through extradimensional space, this light plus bodied reddish wine fills the cup for those who know their super powers. The finish is light, long, and lingers towards the infinite.

Third eyes will open, moving rapturous spirits into dark fuchsia alternate dimensions. Poetic cadences of parallel primordial space-age forces. Like Willy Wonka leading your guests on the tour, you will say it out loud, say it out loud.

This wine makes us incredibly happy. Pairs with the “Oh of Pleasure” by Ray Lynch and the charcuterie & cheese* plate of your dreams.

*washed rind cheeses such as Cowgirl Creamery’s “Red Hawk” work great.

Decant 90-120 Minutes (do not serve cold).

Dripping with honeysuckle mountain beeswax music YEAH!

Skin fermented old vine Semillon with a dollop of old vine Chenin Blanc boogie. View the Northern Lights from the front porch of your soul. Smells like an atomized yellow rose meets the color of the cold sea.

Light plus to medium minus bodied, new suede texture, tastes of lemon and pink lady apples served on moon dust. This one is for the heart. Drink it with people who see you. Enjoy with Bob Marley’s, “No Woman No Cry” and baked cod or other cold water white fish. Like the 2019 Chendawg Yeah! save some for after the meal or the next few days. It continues to develop with air.

Evangelho. Evangelho. Evangel-whoaaaaaaaa!

One of the greatest expressions of Mourvèdre inside our outside of the known universe.

Dark sap, with red laser energy. The 2020 Evangelho Mourvèdre is packed with howling jazz riding through the solstice on a zip line of Yeah! Mouth coating with old vine huggy tannins, it is packed with geometry, astrology, and extradimension-ology. There is so much to enjoy now in this energetic bud of a wine, yet this is one you can bury in the cellar for years until the secrets all are told and the petals all unfold.

Long term fans of Hardy’s wines know – always go with Evangelho!

Drink early with Lucille by Little Richard and with age Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) by Jimi Hendrix.

Decant 60 Minutes.

With a swirl in the decanter, the 2020 Brosseau Vineyard Chenin Blanc is already “on.” In the glass, strikes of aromatic ground lightning reach from the palate to the sky. Kindly pour for your friends- then step back to watch them boogie, shake, and twirl. This is where a prehistoric rock concert meets futuristic lasers of love.

Each bottle will have your body soaring above freeways and through forests until you poof into the beauty of Chenin-fueled hyperspace.

Decant 45-60 Minutes.

Innervisions Red is a nod to Stevie Wonder’s funk / soul album, Innervisions, most known for the masterpiece, Higher Ground. Put some Innervisions in your glass and blast it. This song and this wine operate on multiple levels. Both are a call to keep on moving and cycling through to the Extradimensional. Whether you want to dance or trance, this will get you there.

On pop and pour, the 2020 Innervisions Red’s aromatics are ecstatic! This extradimensional blend of Primitivo, Grenache, Chenin Blanc, Carignane and Barbera creates an I-can-smell-it from across the room perfume of blood peach, raspberry bramble, and summer flowers in a cedar box. The palate, texture and acidity brings you to the edges of High Sierra lakes, tidal pools along Buzzards Bay, or wherever you reach higher ground. Enjoy with anything juicy cooked over charcoal or wood and served on a bed of wilted arugula and dusted with herbs.

Decant 45-60 Minutes.

What the heck is a Barbdawg Yeah!!?

It is a vinous explosion of joy from the heart. An Extradimensional wine to pump up your guests. Wine in a bottle that seems way too small.

Pairs perfectly with lamb meatballs and times that you never want to end.

Barbdawg Yeah! is a one of a kind, Old Vine Red blend of Barbera, Mourvèdre, and skin fermented Semillon. It is an enchanted journey through texture, acid, mouthfeel, and Yeah!

Stock up on this one. You will pick up this wine over and over again as winter shifts to spring and flowers bloom throughout your neighborhood and in your heart.

2019 Barbdawg Yeah! delivers red fruit electricity, air guitar worthy tannins, and a high-five forest friends finish.

BARBERA, MOURVÈDRE, SEMILLON YEAH!!!!!

Old Vine Chenin Blanc that moves your body with its flat out stunning nose of flinty slight oxidative umami wow, and a core of triumphant flavors of yuzu, cedar, lime oil, and salt. THIS is beau monde Chenin Blanc for 2023’s starship dance parties

The go-to white for friends who “don’t like white wine”.

Decant 60-90 Minutes.

Old Vine Chenin Blanc and Semillon soaring through the cosmos. THIS IS WHAT SPACE SMELLS LIKE. Layered, atomized rocks, prehistoric dried fruit, clues to lost civilizations, birthday candles, cracked whips, and head lamps on new moon hikes. Each sip a journey deeper into the universe.

DAYUM!!!

Pair with medium green curry chicken and jasmine rice.

Decant 45 Minutes.

Transformative!

This shatters everything we thought we knew about wine. It is a defining Extradimensional wine.

Burn the boats and skin the goats, there is only adventure ahead. This is the bottle you open for someone to remember for the rest of their wine drinking life.

If you have barrel tasted with Hardy in the last two years, this wine was always the final taste. The last bit of wow and wonder that you will never return from.

Old vine muscat, palomino, chasselas, mission, flame tokay, unidentified table grape and lightning strikes of all that is. There are light bulb wines yet this is like staring through the sun. Bury me with this elixir.

Enjoy with Bo Ssaam.

Decant 120-180 minutes.

Triumphant.

A subterranean odyssey through crystal caverns protected by mythical beasts. The wine is relentless in its vibrations and has a finish that doesn’t stop.

There’s just enough baby fat that makes the wine approachable today, and at its core is an all the way supernova of rock, fruit, and celestial intensity.

Goes great with hanger steak or mushroom risotto.

Decant 75-120 minutes.

Crunchy, Subtle, Rounding. Old Vine Core. Graphite.

Striking and compelling. Your guests may ask, “what is this??” The best answer you can give is, “it’s for you.”

Shining with Extradimensional elegance and never been here before intrigue, the 2019 After Midnight Light Red is old vine featherweight magnificence. It is bright in acidity, deep in flavors, with a long body buzzing finish.

Perfect with lighter fall dishes of chicken, mushrooms, and roasted squash. It is a next level Friendsgiving wine for friends that like to lift off.

Decant 75-120 Minutes.

It smells like a desert sunset feels. The fruit of the cosmos illuminating juicy and bright with an atmosphere shifting into dreams.

Glowing with fist pumping thigh slapping baby kissing joy. An ode to juicy wild love. The story of your heart told through wine.

Light-plus bodied, great acidity, fine tannin, a finish with simultaneous strikes of orchestra triangle “bling” and deep gong “aummmmmmm.”

Pair with love (and your best dance moves).

Decant 45-60 Minutes.

As winemakers, we rejoice when we bottle a wine that brings powerful noetic experiences of home and love. The 2019 Muscat Like You Never! is this bottle. The journey of this wine is unparalleled and will open you up to new places.

100% Muscat grown on limestone and granitic soils. 23 months in barrel with no SO2 at any time. This wine is bone dry. Phenomenal texture and infinite mouthfeel meet celestial aromatics and flavors, which go on and on. It is simply beyond space and time.

This is not a wine for the table. It belongs in your living room with friends amongst lit candles and your favorite music pouring from the speakers (we will send a short playlist when the wine ships). Tune into this wine with contemplation. Though it smells and tastes otherworldly, it is felt even more than it is tasted.

Decant 60-90 Minutes

Mourvèdre is part of our soul, and this superlunary Mourvèdre based wine that combines the finesse of classic with Extradimensional spirit. This is a wonder wine for a new era of you.

Red fruit meets the deep black of volcanic soils on a mid-palate that soars to the stars. It finishes with nearly resolved tannins that feel like love.

This is your wine to pour and show them the light.

The nose of the 2022 Summer-Salters Rosé II is flat-out inspirational. There is a nod to the classics of Bandol rosé while still being fully extradimensional in its being.

On the palate we are transformed by the layered, juicy, energy of Shake Ridge Ranch. There are cascading layers of salted watermelon, strawberry, river stones from Sierra peaks, bergamot, surf-able waves of minerals, and beautifully balanced acidity.

This wine sets the tone for any gathering and is a gift to yourself and those you gather around you.It is profound. and takes us all on a journey through beautiful infinite energy.

The 2022 Full King Crab II is your exuberant white for all day entertainment. It is a wine to carry you from the start of brunch to the high moon.

The Full King Crab II It is a full on blast to drink and a deeply beautiful wine. This stunning blend from Brosseau Vineyard is 45% Chenin Blanc, 45% Chardonnay and 10% skin contact Roussanne, Marsanne and Viognier (this brings the summer haze).

It is a glass filled with salted nectarines and melons floating on a high elevation mountain lake. Its thrilling texture and acidity feel like hiking boots on crunchy summer snow. The back palate builds with delicious tension leading to a thrilling ski jump style finish of Yeah!

This wine opens us up to the infinite potential of summer.

Though it pairs well with full king crab, the name was inspired by graffiti scribbled on a Montanna bar’s restroom wall stating “Outta Get the Full King Crab!” I didn’t take it as an order to try their seafood, it hit me on a grander level, and as a message to fully commit and go for the best life has to offer.

This is Marvelous Old Vine Mourvèdre!!!

The 2022 Marvelous Mourvèdre is an Extradimensional jazz ensemble of pure and splendid old vine red fruits which swing through layers of earth, soul and delight. This wine is a splendid ceremony for our experience of the Mourvèdre-verse.

Cool spiced cranberries push through layers of sandy, gravelly, yeah! There are levels of intricate, philosophical brilliance that spin across the palate and down through the finish like a waterfall of you.

In one bottle it carries the range of the Mourvèdre-verse, from fresh and bright, to earthy, deep, and transformative! It is wonderful today with a 45-60min decant and like you, it will develop beautifully for years and years to come.

The 2022 Indie Bookstore Light Red is the ultimate Thanksgiving and celebration wine. It is chilled red that is a hooting and hollering 50/50 rosé and whole cluster red blend. It has jump up and down celebratory aromatics of juicy pomegranate, spiced orange and gravelly earth. On the palate it is a combination of refreshing and lively, anchored by gorgeous fruit-coated depth with enough soft tannin to work with all the savory courses of a holiday feast.

The Indie Bookstore Light Red is a wine for generous pours and grateful glasses. It isn’t the star of celebration, rather it lets others shine and tell belly-laugh-inducing stories that remind us of the beauty of family, friendship, and gratitude. With this wine there’s nothing to figure out, no riddle to solve, it is just a delicious wine to drink with a table full of people you love.

Please note: The Indie Bookstore Light Red is best served chilled, at the temperature typically associated with rosé. This sumptuous blend comprises 90% Dry Creek Zinfandel and 10% Old Vine Carignane.

In the world of wine, the 2022 Indie Bookstore Light Red stands as a testament to the power of shared moments, toasting to the beauty of life and the bonds that unite us.

Buy everything you can.

On the nose, you are immersed in a pool of pomegranate seeds floating in rosewater. The aromatics make you feel at ease and also fully aware of the beauty of these roses that bloom in our subconscious. Lovely. Lovely. Lovely.

On the palate the wine opens the portal into an old vine wonder of the world waterfall of grenache magnificence. Layer upon layer of red fruit intensity delights the soul and yet boggles the mind (how the heck is this only 12.5%?) as the wine guides you into an Extradimensional finish of universal love.

This wine. This wine. This wine.

You can certainly drink this today in its wonderland of youth phase and please stash a few in the cellar to watch this marvel transform into something ethereal and wise.

Drink now-2035+

An enchanting nose that is both savory, mineral, and a mash of perfectly ripe red and golden raspberry, redwood forest and mossy rock.

The wine meets the palate with a stunning purity of mouthwatering red fruit: rainier cherry, cranberry, and pomegranate ride on a carpet woven of spruce and cosmic love.

The finish is so long with fruit all the way and the massaging grip of refreshing tannin.

The 2022 Old Vine Carignane is light plus to medium minus bodied and just a helluva wine. It is playful and delicious today and holds the elements and balance to unfold for years to come.