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Matanzas Creek is a Sonoma County winery founded in 1977 in the remote Bennett Valley east of Santa Rosa, where it helped found the Bennett Valley AVA and still farms an estate vineyard there.
The winery built its early production around Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot, since broadened into Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Petite Sirah, Malbec, Albariño and several proprietary red blends (Journey, Desvelado, Armoniza) sourced across Sonoma County's Bennett Valley, Alexander Valley and Knights Valley, plus a Russian River Valley Chardonnay and a Monterey County Albariño. Matanzas Creek was among the first California wineries certified under the Certified California Sustainable program, and its Bennett Valley property is also known for its lavender fields. Marcia Torres Forno is the current winemaker.
- Winemaker
- Marcia Torres Forno
Facts read from matanzascreek.com
What's on file
Address
6097 BENNETT VALLEY RD
Where it's registered
Hovering a shaded region names it; a click opens its page.
- Principal6097 BENNETT VALLEY RD, SANTA ROSA
The ground it sits on
Sub-AVA · Bennett Valley
6.2
pH, 1:1 water
9.7cm
, whole profile
72cm
to
Well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 47 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 53.3%
- 24.5%
- 7.6%
- Raynor3.6%
- 3.4%
47 map units · soil described over 97.8% of the region’s area · 2.0% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 86% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Wines
Sparkling rosé.
Helena Bench Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc · Knights Valley
From the Helena Bench Vineyard.
Taylor Peak Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc · Bennett Valley
From the estate's Taylor Peak Vineyard.
Field Stone Vineyard Petite Sirah
Petite Sirah · Alexander Valley
From the Field Stone Vineyard.
Proprietary red blend from across Sonoma County.
Proprietary red blend.
Proprietary red blend.
Chardonnay · Russian River Valley
From the Kelli Ann Vineyard.
Estate Vineyard Bennett Valley Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc · Bennett Valley
From the winery's own estate vineyard on the site that founded the Bennett Valley AVA.
Taylor Peak Vineyard Pinot Noir
From the estate's Taylor Peak Vineyard.
Proprietary red blend.
From the Jackson Park Vineyard.
23 of 23 wines link to the page they were read from. The list is what a producer publishes about itself, one citation at a time — it is not a catalog, and a wine missing from it is uncurated rather than unmade.