Our handmade 2016 Tailgate Red release is composed of Barbera, Syrah, Ruby Cabernet and Petite Sirah. This rich, classic red has won the hearts of Fresno State graduates everywhere. Filled with aromas of ripe jammy berry and grape with a toast French oak bouquet. Your Tailgate Red is luscious and warm on the palette with rounded tannins. Flavors of plum and blackberry, crisp acidity and a long smooth finish.
Our handmade 2016 Tailgate Red release is composed of Barbera, Syrah, Ruby Cabernet and Petite Sirah. This rich, classic red has won the hearts of Fresno State graduates everywhere. Filled with aromas of ripe jammy berry and grape with a toast French oak bouquet. Your Tailgate Red is luscious and warm on the palette with rounded tannins. Flavors of plum and blackberry, crisp acidity and a long smooth finish.
Vineyard: Our 2020 Pinot Noir was harvested on September 28, 2019. Pinot Noir vines tend to prefer more intermediate climates with long, cooling growing seasons. For this reason, you will often find Pinot Noir growing in protected valleys or near large bodies of water.
Tasting Notes: Plum and black cherry are married with a bouquet of toasty French oak, mushroom, and earth, annis, and cola. When tasting Pinot Noir, you may note it's more earthy and floral style. On the palate its rich flavors if cherry earth and toasty french oak combine to make a rich balanced acidity.
Harvest Brix: 25.2
Vineyard: Our 2020 Pinot Noir was harvested on September 28, 2019. Pinot Noir vines tend to prefer more intermediate climates with long, cooling growing seasons. For this reason, you will often find Pinot Noir growing in protected valleys or near large bodies of water.
Tasting Notes: Plum and black cherry are married with a bouquet of toasty French oak, mushroom, and earth, annis, and cola. When tasting Pinot Noir, you may note it's more earthy and floral style. On the palate its rich flavors if cherry earth and toasty french oak combine to make a rich balanced acidity.
Harvest Brix: 25.2
Rich and indulgent, this Port combines classic aromas of dried fruit, plum, warm spice and dark chocolate. Aged primarily in stainless steel with a touch of oak, it reveals soft plum and sweet vanilla on the palate, finishing smooth and velvety. Perfect for slow sipping or pairing with dessert, this timeless wine is a true treat.
Rich and indulgent, this Port combines classic aromas of dried fruit, plum, warm spice and dark chocolate. Aged primarily in stainless steel with a touch of oak, it reveals soft plum and sweet vanilla on the palate, finishing smooth and velvety. Perfect for slow sipping or pairing with dessert, this timeless wine is a true treat.
Beautifully crafted limited release with notes of ripe pear, golden apple, and hints of toasted vanilla. Rich and refined, offering a smooth elegant finish that reflects the very best of our Chardonnay collection.
Beautifully crafted limited release with notes of ripe pear, golden apple, and hints of toasted vanilla. Rich and refined, offering a smooth elegant finish that reflects the very best of our Chardonnay collection.
Vineyard: Our Alicante Bouschet comes from Papagni vineyards 100% donation grapes down in Madera California. Won a gold medal at the San Francisco Wine competition!
Tasting Notes: This unique variety has a deep aroma of jammy blackberry and dark plum with a bouquet of cedar, vanilla carmel, cherry cola. A big full-bodied luscious wine on the palate, it has flavors of dried cherry, fresh berry, and almond with silky tannin and a long smooth finish.
Food Pairing: Our Alicante Bouschet can be paired with barbeque beef, spicy Italian dishes, black pepper steak, stuffed portabella mushrooms.
Wine making: Aged in French Oak for 18 months
Vineyard: Our Alicante Bouschet comes from Papagni vineyards 100% donation grapes down in Madera California. Won a gold medal at the San Francisco Wine competition!
Tasting Notes: This unique variety has a deep aroma of jammy blackberry and dark plum with a bouquet of cedar, vanilla carmel, cherry cola. A big full-bodied luscious wine on the palate, it has flavors of dried cherry, fresh berry, and almond with silky tannin and a long smooth finish.
Food Pairing: Our Alicante Bouschet can be paired with barbeque beef, spicy Italian dishes, black pepper steak, stuffed portabella mushrooms.
Wine making: Aged in French Oak for 18 months
Vineyard: Gallo's Santa Maria Rancho Real Chardonnay vineyard produced an excellent, high quality crop and our students produced a wine that helped to further the objectives of our program. Not only that, it furthered the relationship with the donor, E & J Gallo, and spurred them to a greater interest in our Enology and Viticulture Program and to increase their level of donation.
Tasting Notes: Rich aromas of green apple, pear, and pineapple are complemented by a bouquet of French, Hungarian, and American Oak. These oak barrels and barrel fermentation produce wonderful smells of nutmeg, toasty vanilla, and a floral yeasty character. On the palate, it is full and rich for a Chardonnay with bright acidity and flavors of lemon drop, green apple, and mineral on the finish.
Vineyard: Gallo's Santa Maria Rancho Real Chardonnay vineyard produced an excellent, high quality crop and our students produced a wine that helped to further the objectives of our program. Not only that, it furthered the relationship with the donor, E & J Gallo, and spurred them to a greater interest in our Enology and Viticulture Program and to increase their level of donation.
Tasting Notes: Rich aromas of green apple, pear, and pineapple are complemented by a bouquet of French, Hungarian, and American Oak. These oak barrels and barrel fermentation produce wonderful smells of nutmeg, toasty vanilla, and a floral yeasty character. On the palate, it is full and rich for a Chardonnay with bright acidity and flavors of lemon drop, green apple, and mineral on the finish.
Vineyard Pinot Noir vines tend to prefer more intermediate climates with long, cooling growing seasons. For this reason, you will often find Pinot Noir growing in protected valleys or near large bodies of water.
Tasting Notes: Plum and black cherry are married with a bouquet of toasty French oak, mushroom, and earth, anis, and cola. When tasting Pinot Noir, you may note it's more earthy and floral style. On the palate its rich flavors if cherry earth and toasty French oak combine to make a rich balanced acidity.
Harvest Brix: 25.2
Vineyard Pinot Noir vines tend to prefer more intermediate climates with long, cooling growing seasons. For this reason, you will often find Pinot Noir growing in protected valleys or near large bodies of water.
Tasting Notes: Plum and black cherry are married with a bouquet of toasty French oak, mushroom, and earth, anis, and cola. When tasting Pinot Noir, you may note it's more earthy and floral style. On the palate its rich flavors if cherry earth and toasty French oak combine to make a rich balanced acidity.
Harvest Brix: 25.2
Vineyard: This characteristic Sierra Foothill Zinfandel was donated by the Sargent family of Amador County in the Sierra Foothills.
Tasting Notes: This rich, spicy Zinfandel has bright aromas of raspberry, dried fruit, and pomegranate with hints of white pepper, spicy oak, and toffee. Big bold flavors of cherry and pomegranate are wrapped in a spicy oak and rich, full tannins with a forever finish.
Food Pairing: Our Zinfandel can be paired with brown butter sautéed carrots, pine nut and garlic fall squash, blue cheese sirloin burger, rosemary pork tenderloin.
Wine Making: Cold soaked 72 hours, fermented with Assmanshaunsen yeast, long fermentation, aged in new and old American oak barrels.
Vineyard: This characteristic Sierra Foothill Zinfandel was donated by the Sargent family of Amador County in the Sierra Foothills.
Tasting Notes: This rich, spicy Zinfandel has bright aromas of raspberry, dried fruit, and pomegranate with hints of white pepper, spicy oak, and toffee. Big bold flavors of cherry and pomegranate are wrapped in a spicy oak and rich, full tannins with a forever finish.
Food Pairing: Our Zinfandel can be paired with brown butter sautéed carrots, pine nut and garlic fall squash, blue cheese sirloin burger, rosemary pork tenderloin.
Wine Making: Cold soaked 72 hours, fermented with Assmanshaunsen yeast, long fermentation, aged in new and old American oak barrels.
Vineyard: Our Alicante Bouschet comes from Papagni Vineyards 100% donation grapes down in Madera California.
Tasting Notes: This Alicante Bouschet has a wonderful toasty oak, vanilla, nutmeg smell along with some ripe cherry, plum, pomegranate, and cranberry. A taste of rich vanilla, toasty oak, plum and cherry.
Wine making: Aged in French Oak for 18 months
Vineyard: Our Alicante Bouschet comes from Papagni Vineyards 100% donation grapes down in Madera California.
Tasting Notes: This Alicante Bouschet has a wonderful toasty oak, vanilla, nutmeg smell along with some ripe cherry, plum, pomegranate, and cranberry. A taste of rich vanilla, toasty oak, plum and cherry.
Wine making: Aged in French Oak for 18 months
This gorgeous, light straw-colored Pinot Gris gives off fruit forward aromatics of honey dew melon. The aromas of peach, apricot, and hits with wildflower honey. The bright acidity in this wine make the fruity notes sparkle, and the immense balance throughout this wine imparts flavors of even more fruit, such as citrus and hints of dried fruit.
This gorgeous, light straw-colored Pinot Gris gives off fruit forward aromatics of honey dew melon. The aromas of peach, apricot, and hits with wildflower honey. The bright acidity in this wine make the fruity notes sparkle, and the immense balance throughout this wine imparts flavors of even more fruit, such as citrus and hints of dried fruit.
Bright, fresh, and delightfully expressive, our 2024 Syrah Rosé comes from the warm climate and rich soils of Fresno State Vineyards. It opens with bright aromas of strawberries and cream, watermelon, and a hint of ripe plum.
Take a sip and you'll get juicy flavors of watermelon and strawberry with the right amount of sweetness and acidity to keep things refreshing. The finish is smooth and lingers just long enough.
Food Pairing: It's a great match for fresh strawberries with crème fraîche, soft cheeses, smoked ham, and brie or some grilled veggie skewers.
Winemaking: Fermented cold in tank using Cotes de Blanc yeast and some time in concrete egg tanks to keep it crisp and aromatic.
Bright, fresh, and delightfully expressive, our 2024 Syrah Rosé comes from the warm climate and rich soils of Fresno State Vineyards. It opens with bright aromas of strawberries and cream, watermelon, and a hint of ripe plum.
Take a sip and you'll get juicy flavors of watermelon and strawberry with the right amount of sweetness and acidity to keep things refreshing. The finish is smooth and lingers just long enough.
Food Pairing: It's a great match for fresh strawberries with crème fraîche, soft cheeses, smoked ham, and brie or some grilled veggie skewers.
Winemaking: Fermented cold in tank using Cotes de Blanc yeast and some time in concrete egg tanks to keep it crisp and aromatic.
The 2023 Unknown Clone greets you with a bold, earthy aroma woven with notes of tobacco, leather, smokiness, and rich dark fruits. On the palate, it offers a medium-dry profile with smooth, gentle tannins and a surprising hint of toffee sweetness. Rich yet approachable, this wine balances its smoky intensity with subtle warmth and dark druit depth, making for a unique and memorable experience.
The 2023 Unknown Clone greets you with a bold, earthy aroma woven with notes of tobacco, leather, smokiness, and rich dark fruits. On the palate, it offers a medium-dry profile with smooth, gentle tannins and a surprising hint of toffee sweetness. Rich yet approachable, this wine balances its smoky intensity with subtle warmth and dark druit depth, making for a unique and memorable experience.
Vineyard: Our Alicante Bouschet comes from Papagni Vineyards 100% donation grapes down in Madera California.
Tasting Notes: This Alicante Bouschet has a wonderful toasty oak, vanilla, nutmeg smell along with some ripe cherry, plum, pomegranate, and cranberry. A taste of rich vanilla, toasty oak, plum and cherry.
Wine making: Aged in French Oak for 18 months
Vineyard: Our Alicante Bouschet comes from Papagni Vineyards 100% donation grapes down in Madera California.
Tasting Notes: This Alicante Bouschet has a wonderful toasty oak, vanilla, nutmeg smell along with some ripe cherry, plum, pomegranate, and cranberry. A taste of rich vanilla, toasty oak, plum and cherry.
Wine making: Aged in French Oak for 18 months
Vineyard: This characteristic Sierra Foothill Zinfandel was donated by the Sargent family of Amador County in the Sierra Foothills.
Tasting Notes: This rich, spicy Zinfandel has bright aromas of raspberry, dried fruit, and pomegranate with hints of white pepper, spicy oak, and toffee. Big bold flavors of cherry and pomegranate are wrapped in a spicy oak and rich, full tannins with a forever finish.
Food Pairing: Our Zinfandel can be paired with brown butter sautéed carrots, pine nut and garlic fall squash, blue cheese sirloin burger, rosemary pork tenderloin.
Wine Making: Cold soaked 72 hours, fermented with Assmanshaunsen yeast, long fermentation, aged in new and old American oak barrels.
Vineyard: This characteristic Sierra Foothill Zinfandel was donated by the Sargent family of Amador County in the Sierra Foothills.
Tasting Notes: This rich, spicy Zinfandel has bright aromas of raspberry, dried fruit, and pomegranate with hints of white pepper, spicy oak, and toffee. Big bold flavors of cherry and pomegranate are wrapped in a spicy oak and rich, full tannins with a forever finish.
Food Pairing: Our Zinfandel can be paired with brown butter sautéed carrots, pine nut and garlic fall squash, blue cheese sirloin burger, rosemary pork tenderloin.
Wine Making: Cold soaked 72 hours, fermented with Assmanshaunsen yeast, long fermentation, aged in new and old American oak barrels.
Lush aromas of ripe melon, red apple, and hints of vanilla and nutmeg are framed by the subtle toast of new French oak. On the palate, crisp apple and bright grapefruit are lifted by balanced acidity and enveloped in smooth, oaky tannins. Rich, textural, and food-friendly, this Fiano offers depth and vibrancy in perfect harmony.
Lush aromas of ripe melon, red apple, and hints of vanilla and nutmeg are framed by the subtle toast of new French oak. On the palate, crisp apple and bright grapefruit are lifted by balanced acidity and enveloped in smooth, oaky tannins. Rich, textural, and food-friendly, this Fiano offers depth and vibrancy in perfect harmony.
Tasting Notes: The Fresno State Tailgate White is a pale straw, almost white color. There is a strong tropical fruit bouquet of pineapple, along with crisp green apple. These aromatics are supported by a good backbone of acidity and soft tannin to make white wine our tailgate white light and refreshing.
Wine Making: Tank fermented
Tasting Notes: The Fresno State Tailgate White is a pale straw, almost white color. There is a strong tropical fruit bouquet of pineapple, along with crisp green apple. These aromatics are supported by a good backbone of acidity and soft tannin to make white wine our tailgate white light and refreshing.
Wine Making: Tank fermented
