Founded by three childhood friends, Christopher Strieter, Max Thieriot, and Myles Lawrence-Briggs, Senses Wines has their estate holdings in the West Sonoma Coast and Russian River Valley appellations. With their esteemed winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown, they are producing some exceptional Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon. They have slowly and steadily expanded their production from just 600 cases in 2012 to approximately 5000 cases today. 2021 marks the first release for their production of the Kanzler Vineyard as well as the first leaf of their estate holding of Bodega Theriot, a wine that proves you do not always need old vines to produce stunning wines – it was by far my favorite wine of the vintage from this team.