About The Ojai Vineyard
Adam Tolmach founded The Ojai Vineyard in 1983 after co-founding Au Bon Climat, and spent the decades since making some of the Central Coast's most soulful Syrah, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc from great Santa Barbara vineyards, in a style that turned decisively toward freshness and restraint years ahead of the industry. The tasting room pours in downtown Ojai.
Tolmach's willingness to pick early and chase energy made the house a critics' touchstone and a template for California's balance movement. Quietly one of the state's most influential cellars.
Adam Tolmach's 1983 house of energy and restraint, the quiet template for California's balance movement.
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An Au Bon Climat co-founder,Tolmach helped start the legend before going solo in 1983.
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Freshness first,early picking and energy predated the industry's turn.
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Great-site Syrah,Santa Barbara's best vineyards feed the lineup.
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Downtown Ojai pour,the tasting room anchors the namesake town.
"Adam Tolmach's 1983 house of energy and restraint, the quiet template for California's balance movement."
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The Ojai Vineyard Appointment
Appointment with the Chumash-moon 1983 Rhône pioneer Ojai Valley estate, The Ojai Vineyard Syrah and Pinot Noir.
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