winery

Immortal Estate

Sonoma County, United States

Philosophy

Neoclassical non-interventionist techniques employing extended maceration for extraction and body; wines designed for extended cellaring. Hand-selected barrel lots blended to express the singular terroir of volcanic mountain slopes where vines reach depths into ancient seabed and fractured rock.

Reputation

Immortal Estate emerged in 2017 as the rebranding of Hidden Ridge Vineyard, a site first planted in 1991 by Casidy Ward and Lynn Hofacket on the Sonoma side of the Mayacamas Mountains. Proprietors Timothy Martin and Randy Nichols acquired the property to resurrect its critical potential, working with longtime winemaker Timothy Milos, whose 2013 Impassable Mountain had achieved the rare 100-point rating from Robert Parker.

AllocationFOUNDED-YEAR CLARIFICATION: Estate first planted 1991 (Hidden Ridge) but rebranded/relaunched as Immortal Estate in 2017. VINEYARD SIZE CONFLICT: Sources cite both 50 acres (20.2 ha) of planted vineyard and 150 ha total land holdings; used planted vineyard figure per agricultural convention. PRODUCTION VOLUME: Conflicting data—Slope reported at 1,000 cases/year in multiple sources, Impassable Mountain at ~350 cases/year; aggregate production c.1,500 bottles/year order of magnitude. SUCCESSION TRANSITION: Property represents ongoing rebranding/reconception under new ownership post-2017; original founding team (Ward/Hofacket/Milos) retained winemaker but ownership transferred. NO CERTIFICATIONS FOUND: No organic, biodynamic, or sustainable certifications located in search results despite explicit farming claims. IMPORTERS: No specific US importer identified; wine distributed directly and through online retailers (brix26.com, wineaccess.com, etc.). Location ambiguity: Property straddles Napa/Sonoma border on Spring Mountain; marketed as Sonoma County per appellation regulations. GLASS FIRE IMPACT 2020: Lost 30% of vineyard; no production that year due to farm safety concerns.

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