At Boich Family Cellar we craft small quantities of single vineyard designated wines from the region’s most iconic and proven vineyards. We believe that by combining the highest quality fruit with a talented and passionate winemaker, you can produce truly remarkable wines.
Our approach at Boich Family Cellar is to procure the very best fruit possible from the most iconic and proven vineyards in the region and then with minimal intervention, allow mother nature to perform her magic. Our wine making style emphasizes elegance and balance while maintaining the concentration and complex characteristics of wines from the these esteemed sites.
The vineyards:
Wall Road Vineyard, Beckstoffer Georges III, Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper, Beckstoffer ToKalon, Ritchie Vineyard.
Boich Family Cellar wines encompass a wide range of fruit from the round smooth tannins of Rutherford and Oakville to the broad shouldered and structured mountain fruit from Mount Veeder, Howell Mountain and Atlas Peak. All the wines are hand crafted in a new world style that makes them approachable in their youth yet still age worthy.
The wine making process is a never-ending quest to connect with your vineyards, know their character, their personality and how best to craft single vineyard wines that are a unique expression of a time, a place and the passion of a winemaker.
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Pulled from a Gentleman's cellar, all wines from this cellar have been purchased by the owner either from the importer or direct from winery. They stayed in his cellar until being moved to the Timeless Wines warehouse.
Jean-Claude et Nicolas Fayolle Hermitage Rouge Donnieres is made from 100% Syrah.
Made from 40-year-old vines planted on granitic and rocky soils in the Lieu dit "Les Donnieres" at the bottom of the Hermitage's hill.
Intense inky ruby red color.
The wine has plenty to offer with red and black fruit aromas, as well as a good minerality.
The finish is very long, clean and juicy and offers a great spicy mouthfeel.
Soil is clay, silica and round pebbles.
Hand harvested in small crates. The grapes are then pumped into tanks (full cluster, not destemmed).
It will stay in this tank for 15 days for the skin contact maceration and the Alcoholic fermentation.
Tey will also use the "rack and return" technique (delestage).
Then the wine is transfered into neutral French Oak barrels where the wine will complete the Malo-Lactic fermentation.
Delicious with grilled red meat such as venison or lamb and most cheeses.