- Bruce Golden and Michelle Mercer founded M-G Vineyards in Sonoma County’s Dry Creek Valley after years of traveling to top wine regions in search of the perfect place to grow Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Their 120-acre secluded estate features diverse natural surroundings, including coastal oaks, madrones, redwoods, manzanitas, 700 olive trees, and massive granite boulders, with granite and quartz-rich soils.
- The couple revitalized a nine-acre hillside vineyard with ideal sun exposure, practicing sustainable and organic farming in collaboration with leading viticulturists and winemakers.
- The unique microclimate, with cool nights and extended hang time, enhances flavor development and aromatic complexity; vines were planted in 1999, with the first vintage released in 2012.
- Their Cabernet Sauvignon is described as inky, rich, and layered, with vibrant acidity and depth, reflecting the distinct terroir of their igneous rock and sandstone soils.
Bruce Golden and Michelle Mercer spent years traveling to the world’s most renowned wine regions. As their passion for wine grew, so did the idea of finding their perfect place to build a family estate and produce genuinely great California Cabernet Sauvignon.
They found this exceptional place in Sonoma County’s Dry Creek Valley. The couple formed M-G Vineyards and built their lives on a 120-acre property. This completely secluded vineyard is surrounded by coastal oak trees, madrones, redwoods, manzanitas, 700 olive trees, and giant granite boulders. Granite and quartz underlie the soil, native oak trees dot the landscape, and great owls glide around huge granite boulders.
Bruce and Michelle revitalized a nine-acre vineyard on a pristine hillside with ideal sun exposure, employing sustainable and organic farming methods and working with top viticulturists and winemakers to craft their wine by hand. Here, in this unique microclimate, nights are cool, providing for a longer hang time than is typical for Dry Creek and allowing for deeper flavors and aromas in the wine. In 1999 the vineyards were planted, and their first vintage produced was in 2012 on this gently sloped vineyard planted on igneous rock and sandstone.
Inky and rich, filled with ripe, layered complexity, the wine is lifted by vibrancy and great acidity on the palate. Golden and Mercer have succeeded in producing a Cabernet Sauvignon as magnificent as their property.
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