Niner Bootjack Red 2019 750 ML

We are a fam­i­ly owned estate win­ery. We aspire to make great wine from two dis­tinct vine­yard sites in the cen­tral coast of California. THE NIN­ER FAMILY Richard Niner grew up as one of eight children raised on a farm in rural West Virginia. He spent his childhood working on the farm to provide food for his family, and eventually became one of the first in his family to attend college. He graduated from Princeton and then Harvard Business School. He then began a long and respected career building small businesses across a variety of industries, from sunglasses to machine parts. He eventually met Pam in New York City, while she was working as a magazine editor after graduating from Smith College in Massachusetts. The pair married and had two children, Andy & Katy. This return to farm­ing was a return to his West Vir­ginia roots, and in his mind one of the ulti­mate crops to work with. He pur­chased his first vine­yard in 2001and spent the next deCade build­ing out the rest of the busi­ness and hir­ing a team to help run it. Our tast­ing room & win­ery opened in Spring of 2010 and remains the heart of our estate. Even­tu­al­ly, Andy took over the day-to-day man­age­ment of the busi­ness and we remain fam­i­ly owned and oper­at­ed today. In the deCade since open­ing our tast­ing room doors, we have expand­ed the busi­ness to include a restau­rant, Chef’s Gar­den and full ros­ter of cre­ative expe­ri­ences for your visit. In the early 1990s, one of Richard’s ventures introduced him to the beauty of the Central Coast. The people here reminded him of his upbringing in West Virginia, and he saw the high potential for the area to compete with premier wine regions like Napa, which was booming at the time. OUR WINEMAKING PHILOSOPHY WINEMAKERS PATRICK & MOLLY Our goal is to grow high quality grapes and make delicious wines that are intentionally crafted to tell the story of each vintage and vineyard. In the winery, we strive to preserve the most unique qualities of each vineyard and vintage. We want to express those qualities alongside elegance and balance, using minimal inputs. We are lucky to have two Winemakers. Winemaker Molly Bohlman is responsible for our wines from Jespersen Ranch and Patrick Muran is responsible for Heart Hill Vineyard & Bootjack Ranch wines. This division by vineyard allows us to fully focus on bringing the intricacies of each site forward in our wines. All wines are fermented, aged and bottled at our estate winery located at Heart Hill Vineyard.