About this winery

McManis Family Vineyards is a grower and vintner of premium varietal wine grapes located in the Northern Interior of California. The company was founded in 1990 by Ron and Jamie McManis - fourth generation family farmers. The McManis family has been growing grapes in this region since 1938. McManis Family Vineyards currently operates over 2500 acres of wine grapes and after the 1997 harvest, a state-of-the-art winery was designed and built to maximize the resulting wine's quality through small...

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Notes about product

Grapes selected from the estate-grown River Junction vineyard, located at the confluence of the San Joaquin and Stanislaus Rivers.

Winemaking notes

The wine was cold fermented in stainless steel and filtered prior to aging in a combination of new and used French and American oak. Approximately two thirds of the wine was allowed to go through malolactic fermentation.