Piazza - 'Grimm's Bluff' - Cabernet Sauvignon - CA - 2020

This is the first-ever release of Cabernet Sauvignon for Piazza Family Wines. This vintage comes from Grimm's Bluff Vineyard in the Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara AVA and we could not be more proud of this wine. Aromatics of black cherry, cigar box, and anise are complemented by notes of sweet tobacco, cacao, and black maraschino cherries. The complex fruit flavors on the palate blend into opulent velvety tannins for a dynamic, lengthy finish. This defines the purely balanced, fresh intensity culminating in elegance and grace. Perfect for red meats, chilly nights by the fire, or dare we say your Christmas filet mignon or prime rib.

Piazza Family Wines knows that great wines are not made in the cellar but in the vineyard. They intentionally want to showcase the unique qualities of place with the wines. Each wine is handcrafted to represent the soil, climate, and varietal for each vintage. There is no substitution for hard work and attention to detail. With a focus on the vineyard, Piazza Family Wines has worked with esteemed vineyard manager, Ruben Solorzano, to follow organic farming practices to ensure that each harvest yields the best possible grapes and gives a true representation of their terroir. Old-world styles blend with new-world techniques when it comes to Piazza Family Wines.
In the winery, Winemaker Gretchen Voelcker focuses on minimal intervention and allows for the grapes to speak for themselves. She listens to the harvest and picks the grapes at optimal times for balance and complexity. She guides the winemaking process using no commercial yeasts and the smallest amount of sulfur needed. The wines she crafts are a true sense of place, varietal definition, and inherently exude balance and elegance.

Founded by Gretchen Voelcker, Luna Hart Wines is a boutique wine company specializing in small batch, handcrafted wines in the Santa Ynez Valley. Gretchen makes wines in which she explores the techniques and nuances that continue to stoke her passion for wine.

Gretchen's passion for wine began while living in Europe with her family and during summers spent wine tasting throughout France. During those experiences she began to see the beauty in the balance of science and art that makes up winemaking. It was not until years later that the initial spark would turn into the flame that is now Luna Hart Wines.

Luna Hart started with a work trade with one of Gretchen's mentors, Ryan Roark, making Sauvignon Blanc under the label of Moon Unit Wines. Those initial wines have become the foundation for Luna Hart Wines and the inspiration for all future vintages.

Luna Hart wines are a representation of the grapes’ origin, vintage and variety.

From the beginning Luna Hart has focused on vineyards practicing sustainable, organic or biodynamic farming throughout Santa Barbara County. Luna Hart wines are a representation of the grapes origin, vintage and variety. Gretchen believes that her wines should be a reflection of the terroir and aims to highlight the qualities and beauty in each unique vintage and site she works with.

With careful attention to the fruit in the vineyard and tasting daily throughout fermentation, Gretchen produces high quality, fruit forward wines with bright acidity and balanced by incredible structure. She focuses on producing varietal wines from her favorite grapes that spur her to learn more about winemaking and to showcase them more purely and more precisely. Gretchen never turns down the opportunity to experiment and welcomes interesting projects.