2024 Pleiades Wine Company Viognier
Sean Thackrey was one of California’s most influential, eccentric, and game-changing winemakers you might never have heard of. Alongside legends like Alice Waters, Jeremiah Tower, and Kermit Lynch, Sean had a guiding hand in a remarkable moment in history – the explosion of food and wine culture in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970s. Working in isolation in the tiny town of Bolinas on the Pacific coast, this artist and former gallerist turned his attention to winemaking. Sean created unique blends and varietal wines that quickly became part of the culinary (or gastronomic) landscape of the Bay Area.
Dustin Durfee was one of many winemakers to consider Thackrey a winemaking hero. Durfee is among a group of friends and followers who will continue his legacy as Pleiades Wine Company, preserving the magic of Thackrey wines and his legacy of bringing pleasure to tables everywhere.
There’s power and elegance to winemaker Dustin Durfee’s Viognier. The nose is purely floral, with a beautiful, intense, and concentrated bouquet, simply floral and exotic and familiar simultaneously. And on the palate? Marmalade and warming citrus notes abound, with textural clarity that adds depth - balanced, with a long and satisfying finish that lingers on the tongue, with complexity and profoundness that's truly remarkable. This is heady stuff and yet fresh and bright, too. Concentration and a rich texture lend depth, and good acidity creates balance, making it a wine that makes you smile.
204 cases produced.
Sean Thackrey was one of California’s most influential, eccentric, and game-changing winemakers you might never have heard of. Alongside legends like Alice Waters, Jeremiah Tower, and Kermit Lynch, Sean had a guiding hand in a remarkable moment in history – the explosion of food and wine culture in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970s. Working in isolation in the tiny town of Bolinas on the Pacific coast, this artist and former gallerist turned his attention to winemaking. Sean created unique blends and varietal wines that quickly became part of the culinary (or gastronomic) landscape of the Bay Area.
Dustin Durfee was one of many winemakers to consider Thackrey a winemaking hero. Durfee is among a group of friends and followers who will continue his legacy as Pleiades Wine Company, preserving the magic of Thackrey wines and his legacy of bringing pleasure to tables everywhere.
There’s power and elegance to winemaker Dustin Durfee’s Viognier. The nose is purely floral, with a beautiful, intense, and concentrated bouquet, simply floral and exotic and familiar simultaneously. And on the palate? Marmalade and warming citrus notes abound, with textural clarity that adds depth - balanced, with a long and satisfying finish that lingers on the tongue, with complexity and profoundness that's truly remarkable. This is heady stuff and yet fresh and bright, too. Concentration and a rich texture lend depth, and good acidity creates balance, making it a wine that makes you smile.
204 cases produced.
Sean Thackrey was one of California’s most influential, eccentric, and game-changing winemakers you might never have heard of. Alongside legends like Alice Waters, Jeremiah Tower, and Kermit Lynch, Sean had a guiding hand in a remarkable moment in history – the explosion of food and wine culture in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970s. Working in isolation in the tiny town of Bolinas on the Pacific coast, this artist and former gallerist turned his attention to winemaking. Sean created unique blends and varietal wines that quickly became part of the culinary (or gastronomic) landscape of the Bay Area.
Dustin Durfee was one of many winemakers to consider Thackrey a winemaking hero. Durfee is among a group of friends and followers who will continue his legacy as Pleiades Wine Company, preserving the magic of Thackrey wines and his legacy of bringing pleasure to tables everywhere.
There’s power and elegance to winemaker Dustin Durfee’s Viognier. The nose is purely floral, with a beautiful, intense, and concentrated bouquet, simply floral and exotic and familiar simultaneously. And on the palate? Marmalade and warming citrus notes abound, with textural clarity that adds depth - balanced, with a long and satisfying finish that lingers on the tongue, with complexity and profoundness that's truly remarkable. This is heady stuff and yet fresh and bright, too. Concentration and a rich texture lend depth, and good acidity creates balance, making it a wine that makes you smile.
204 cases produced.