Winemaking Team

"We know the vines on our Mountain Estate vineyards provide us with incredible grapes. Cabernet Sauvignon grapes for Back Forty come from four specific and very consistent blocks on a 40 acre site, allowing us to produce a wine of great purity and depth.
Blending our hillside Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah lots produces a wine that reflects the steep slopes and excellent climatic conditions for West Face. Even sun exposure on the west face of our Mountain Estate vineyard ensures us concentrated fruit flavors with rich, dense suppleness."

Aaron Piotter, PreVail Winemaker

"I was struck by the visual harmony of these Mountain Estate vineyards, the elegance, the quietness, peaceful, you almost feel the wine. At both these vineyards, there is great diversity, many layers of soil, many layers of flavor. Wine is a living product, the deeper the roots of the vine, the deeper the flavors in the wine. It's like a painting. Every brush stroke has a purpose. The wine tells you when it's ready."

Philippe Melka, PreVail Enology Consultant