Clos de la Tech, Domaine du Docteur Rodgers 2012

Only 1,023 bottles produced in vintage 2012. The top wine of T. J. Rogers (CEO of Cypress Semiconductor) and his wife Valeta Massey, made on a steep Santa Cruz Mountain one-acre vineyard. This bottling from a winery that uses both the highest of technology and most old school of techniques is incredibly subtle at first, but then come waves of mace, mulberry, forest floor and dried shiitake aromas. The palate starts with sharper herbs and spice, from thyme to nutmeg and allspice, and then the purple flower flavors explode like a bouquet in the mouth. Elderflower touches fly into the finish. Reviewed and published by Wine Enthusiast in June 2017.