Stirm Wine Co. Cabernet Pfeffer

Ron Siletto, a longtime icon of San Benito Viticulture, is the primary source of Cabernet Pfeffer in San Benito County, where the variety is grown, and nowhere else in the world. In France it’s known as Mourtaou/Mancin, an old variety from Bordeaux. There are less than 20 acres of it in the world. This block of Cabernet Pfeffer at Siletto was planted in 1992 and the cuttings came from the old El Gabilan vineyard in the Cienega Valley. These vines are trained very tall on a west facing ridge just south of the town of Tres Pinos.