Wines — Tira Nanza Wines

Our Wines

We believe that wine captures a place at a moment in time.

We farm our grapes and make our wines to create vintages that reflect the year, the land, and the heart behind them.

2023 Malbec Rosé

Back by popular demand, our 2023 Malbec Rosé shares the same vibrant fruit and complexity that made our previous vintages so special. This wine is crisp and dry with inviting aromas of strawberry and flavors of raspberry and ripe melon.

Fermented and aged in Stainless Steel | 13.5% ABV

2023 was the vintage we have been waiting for. A wet winter with over 40" of rain brought new life and spurred incredible growth in our vineyard. The increased soil moisture coupled with an ideal summer that was neither too hot nor too cool. This allowed for even ripening and a harvest that was not only incredibly high quality but was also our most abundant to date.
While our Malbec vineyards are still recuperating from the frost damage of 2022, we have been forced to look elsewhere to find quality organic Malbec for our Rosé production. This search led us to Split Rock Vineyard in Mendocino County. Farmed by the Mattern Family, Split Rock sits at about 600' elevation on Talmage Bench. From the first time we visited we knew it was a perfect fit for us as the Mattern's commitment to producing the highest quality organic fruit made it more than worth the 6 hour drive from Tira Nanza.
The best things come from following your heart, even when it leads away from the beaten path. This was definitely the case with our Malbec Rosé. Malbec is normally used strictly for red wine production, but as we sampled our Malbec vineyard we became progressively more convinced we should try to make a Rosé. In the end, our use of Malbec makes for a unique Rosé that is just as comfortable on the dinner table as it is on the beach.

Ingredients: Organically grown grapes, sulfites (30ppm)
Learn more about our winemaking process here

Purchase | $30/bottle

2023 Viognier

We dry farm our Viognier to produce wines that emphasize both the varietal and the place where it's grown. Our 2023 Viognier is dry and full bodied with perfumed notes of white flowers and apricot that are so emblematic of the varietal. This is a wine that is sure to entice both seasoned Viognier fans as well as newcomers to the varietal.

Fermented and aged in Stainless Steel | 13.5% ABV

In 2021, we transitioned our Viognier vineyard to dry-farming for both the quality of the fruit and the long-term health of the vineyard. Because they weren’t expecting a weekly irrigation, our plants were well prepared to handle a warm and dry growing season and produce beautiful fruit with very little dehydration. True to the varietal, this wine beautifully expresses a perfumed nose of white flowers and concentrated flavors of fresh peach and apricot.
Perched at 1800’ above sea level on a steep south facing hillside, our Viognier vineyard is currently our highest planting. Nearly every afternoon, the breeze blows in from the Monterey Bay, moderating the temperature and helping the fruit keep its freshness and acidity.
It was the Viognier that first drew us to this property. The quality of the fruit produced by these vines combined with our climate and granitic soils of our hillside instilled in us the belief that we could produce Northern Rhone wines of enormous potential here. This year’s Viognier is no exception.

Ingredients: Organically grown grapes, sulfites (30ppm)
Learn more about our winemaking process here

Member Exclusive | $60/bottle

2021 Cabernet Sauvignon

Our inaugural vintage of Cab is finally here! Harvested from the oldest vines on our ranch, this dry farmed fruit exceeded all of our expectations for our first vintage. Blended with 20% Merlot and aged entirely in French Oak (75% neutral/25% new) this wine combines rich red fruit flavors with an inviting freshness seldom seen in California Cabernet.

Fermented in Stainless Steel | Aged in 100% French Oak Barrels | 14% ABV

The 2021 growing season was pretty much a dream here. Cool nights and warm, but not too hot, days allowed our Cabernet to ripen at the ideal pace. We were able to harvest at the precise moment where the flavors, sugar content, acidity, and tannin structure all aligned exactly how we hoped they would.
Our Cabernet Sauvignon is made from a mixture of 1984 and 1998 plantings spread across our lower hillside at about 1000’. This wine comes from our only own-rooted vines as the sandy soils allow planting without rootstocks. Our climate brings enough heat to ripen Cabernet but our cool nights maintain acidity and give the wine an inviting freshness.
Cabernet Sauvignon was the first varietal planted on our Ranch, almost 40 years ago. We seek to honor the history of this land by crafting a cab truly representative of Cachagua’s potential to create wines of distinction. Our Cabernet Sauvignon balances rich fruit with a brightness and elegance that breaks the mold on what is expected from a California Cabernet.

Ingredients: Organically grown grapes, sulfites (30ppm)
Learn more about our winemaking process here

Purchase | $85/bottle

2022 ‘Offshoot’ Cabernet Sauvignon

As result of our smaller 2022 Tira Nanza Cabernet harvest, we decided to experiment with some local, organically farmed Cab from a nearby Cachagua vineyard. The result is our 2022 Offshoot Cab. Where our Tira Nanza Cab is all about finesse and elegance, this Offshoot Cab is all about power. Dark-fruited and supple with subtle notes of baking spices, this wine is sure to be a hit with lovers of big, jammy reds.

Fermented in Stainless Steel & aged in 100% French Oak Barrels | 14% ABV

In 2022, we lost almost our entire Cabernet Harvest to a mid-May frost that sat right in the lower part of the Cachagua Valley. For a time, we were unsure whether we’d have any fruit to pick. In the end we were able to harvest about 1 ton of Cab and Merlot from our highest elevation rows that were untouched by the frost. We used these grapes to make our 2022 Tira Nanza Cab, which will be a limited release. As result of our smaller harvest, we decided to experiment with some local, organically farmed Cab from another Cachagua vineyard. The result is our 2024 Offshoot Cab.
We sourced our 2022 Offshoot from an organically farmed local vineyard found just across the valley from our property in Cachagua.
We created our Offshoot label to experiment with unique fruit sourced from single vineyards outside of our estate that we find exceptional. Each year, we will release one new Offshoot wine as we continue to create new, exciting, and fresh wines to taste and explore with you all.