Winery

Cactus Star is a boutique winery dedicated to producing small batches of premium wines from the on-premise vineyard and occasionally from local Ramona Valley grown grapes. All our wines undergo cold soaking and primary fermentation in small macro bins where the caps are punched down at least twice daily. Then the must is pressed and put into 225 liter oak barrels where the wine completes it's fermentation and undergoes malo-lactic fermentation.

Our annual production is approximately 150 cases per year. Give or take 10 cases depending on the vineyard's production.

2009 Vintage In The Winery

Tempranillo

100% Estate grapes
Aging in new American oak

Harvest Notes
Brix: 25.8
Acid: 6.2 g/l
pH: 3.5

Meritage

Made from 100% Estate grapes

Blend Composition:
25% Petit Verdot
65% Cabernet Sauvignon
10% Malbec

Aging in new Eastern European oak

Petit Verdot Harvest Notes
Brix: 25.0
Acid: 6.3 g/l
pH: 3.5

Cabernet Sauvignon Harvest Notes
Brix: 27.5
Acid: 7.1 g/l
pH: 3.3

Malbec Harvest Notes
Brix: 24.8
Acid: 7.0 g/l
pH: 3.4

Sparkling Wine

We have a very limited sparkling wine production. All of our sparkling wine is made using the traditional "Methode Champenoise" method. All of our sparkling wine is made in 750 ml bottles and aged on the lees for at least one year.

We use two cuvees for our sparkling wines:
Viognier
White Tempranillo blended with Viognier