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Signature Wines and Wineries of Coastal California
TOP: The vibrant private tasting room on the family's Paso Robles property
is reserved for members of the Aleksander Wine Club.
BELOW: These intricate hand-carved doors open to welcome members to
Aleksander's charming tasting room.
Photographs by Alex Cvetkov
The property includes a fully operational winery, a humidified
barrel room, private tasting room and a pizza oven for private
winemaker dinners and family gatherings. Along with the winery,
the property is also home to a working olive oil production
facility where the family produces award-winning extra virgin
olive oil. Wine production includes a luxury red wine blend
reminiscent of the great wines of Bordeaux. Centered around
Merlot, it has varying degrees of contribution from other classic
Bordeaux grapes, depending on the vintage.
Contributing to the complexity of the wines are the French,
Serbian and Eastern European oak barrels in which Aleksander
wines are aged for a minimum of 18 months and the Reserves
a minimum of 24. After bottling, the wine is aged in-bottle for
at least 10 months prior to release. Both labels are full-bodied
and aromatic, perfectly balanced with rich, dark fruit, and a silky
tannin texture.
The soils, drainage and temperature variation in the
Southeastern corner of Paso Robles combine to form the
ideal terroir to give life to these rich and supple wines, whose
character is accentuated by the carefully-selected barrels.
Annual yields produce approximately 35 tons of grapes which
equates to 2,300 cases.
