Whistler Vineyards is a family-owned winery focusing on vineyard-specific wines from the West Sonoma Coast. It all started with our estate vineyard, Whistler Vineyard, located in the north-western corner of the West Sonoma Coast just a few miles from the Pacific Ocean. The vineyard is planted exclusively with Pinot Noir, Viognier, and Chardonnay at an ultra-high density of 2,450-4,000 vines per acre. The site’s deep, marine sedimentary soils along with the cooling ocean breezes allow us to dry-farm, producing small clusters with tiny berries that have great flavor intensity. Today, we own and operate four vineyards on the West Sonoma Coast that make up the majority of our portfolio. Our mission is to craft authentic wines with complexity and balance that showcase the elegance and unique character of the West Sonoma Coast.
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The journey that is Soliste reflects the passion and commitment born of old world beliefs and traditions joined in a way that transcends individual ideas. We are particularly inspired by winemakers who have challenged the status quo to elevate their region or cépage to grand cru level. Central to our philosophy is to be bold, experimental, and take risks; not arbitrarily, but with intent, diligence, and a long term vision. The rebellious voice of the Master of St Andelain, the self-taught iconoclast Didier Dagueneau, echos in our winery, “If you want to be the best, you need the methods and techniques to get you there: Your vines must bear the best grapes; your vinification must be the most rigorous. There are no recipes. It’s all in the details of viticulture and all the details of winemaking, the assemblage of little things, 100 details and commitments which makes for the minute differences between a good wine and a great one.”
Our quest to create wines of great finesse and com-plexity requires patience, tenacity, and a singular focus on uncompromising standards. It is also a commitment to sacrifice production to trace the footsteps of the Cistercian Monks of Vougeot: to focus on a single clone from a single vineyard and age in single cooperage to craft extraordinary wine that exemplify their identity and sense of place – Terroir – our MonoClone® Pinot Noir.
[The International Wine Review gives high praise to the wines of Soliste.]