The Storm Cellar

Our Wines

Discover more about our newly released, high-elevation white and rosé wines.

We are proud to present our very first vintage of high-elevation white and rosé wines, made with 100% Colorado fruit. Each of our 2018 wines earned a silver medal or higher in the 2019 Colorado Governor’s Cup competition, including our Riesling and Dry Riesling, which both earned double gold, an award given to only 14 wines out of 251 submitted this year.

We finished the 2018 harvest season with over twenty tons of fruit and ten separate fermentations, eight of which were white, two of which were rosé. We blended some and left others untouched, resulting in the collection of wines that you see here. The high acidity that results from our dramatic diurnal temperature shifts creates vibrant, mouth-watering, aromatic white and rosé wines. These are the perfect accompaniment to a wide range of cuisines.

 
$24        750mL
Sourced from the highest elevation commercial planting of Sauvignon Blanc in the Northern Hemisphere, a one-acre block at our very own Redstone Vineyard, this crisp, dry wine is an extremely limited offering. Produced in temperature-controlled, stainless steel tanks, our Sauvignon Blanc is intensely aromatic with vibrant notes of passion fruit, guava, and grapefruit.
 
A bottle of The Storm Cellar 2018 Chardonnay. Click for more details on this white wine.
$24        750mL
Our 2018 Chardonnay is a 50-50 blend of fruit from estate-grown Old Wente clone vines planted in 1987 here at the Redstone Vineyard and from select vineyard blocks at Talbott Farms on East Orchard Mesa in Palisade. This Chardonnay has tropical fruit aromas, a honeyed texture, balanced acidity, and soft nuances of French oak.
 
 
 
A bottle of The Storm Cellar 2018 Rosé of Pinot Gris. Click for more details on this rosé wine.
$20        750mL
Our rosé of Pinot Gris gets its vibrant color from a 24-hour cold soak prior to pressing. The intense UV exposure at nearly 5,900 feet above sea level produces exceptional Pinot Gris grapes with thicker-than-normal skins, allowing us to produce a dramatic version of this noble grape, yielding aromas of flowers and ripe stone fruits, a luscious texture, and a mineral-driven finish.
 

 

2018 DRY RIESLING
$22        750mL
We primarily sourced grapes for our 2018 Riesling from our oldest planting of Riesling, It’s an especially rocky parcel of the vineyard, located right at the edge of the mesa, affectionately known as Machete Point. These old vines have struggled through the arid climate and ancient river rock to produce a racy, lean, mineral-driven Riesling, with classic notes of lime zest, white peach, and orchard flowers.
 
 
A bottle of The Storm Cellar 2018 Riesling. Click for more details on this white wine.2018 RIESLING
$20        750mL
Our alpine desert climate, along with a compact growing season, at nearly 5,900 feet above sea level, produces grapes of high concentration and vibrant acidity. Silky in texture, our off-dry style of Riesling is brimming with notes of ripe peach and starfruit, and it pairs perfectly with a multitude of cuisines, especially spicy dishes.
 
 
 
 
A bottle of The Storm Cellar 2018 Reserve Riesling. Click for more details on this white wine.
$24        750mL
We sourced the fruit for our 2018 Reserve Riesling from our steepest, hillside rows. These were the first vines we pruned and the last grapes we picked, harvested on the fifteenth of October after a dramatic frost event. This sweet, unctuous wine was bright orange when we first pressed it, and while the color has shifted, the concentrated aromas of mango, apricot, and chamomile have remained unchanged.
 

 

A bottle of The Storm Cellar 2018 Rosé of Pinot Noir. Click for more details on this rosé wine.
$24         750mL
Our rosé of Pinot Noir is a unique blend of grapes from the West Elks AVA, hand-harvested from our own Redstone Vineyard at 5,885’ and from the former Terror Creek Vineyard at 6,400’. This is a one-of-a-kind taste of cold-climate, ultra high-elevation rosé. Lean and crisp, this pale-hued wine has notes of alpine strawberry and white peach, with a refreshing, bright finish.