But few wineries have a commitment to make nothing but single-vineyard wines.
A vineyard acquired by the Gaja family in 1967, first produced as a single-vineyard wine in 1970.
The Noval, a single-vineyard wine, was almost ebony in color and tannic enough to need another 10 years to smooth out.
Mr. Lynne says that this team prefers blended to single-vineyard wines.
His single-vineyard wines set a standard that every California wine maker tries to meet.
However this was soon abandoned, only to return 60 years later after the company introduced some single-vineyard wines.
Many producers make single-vineyard wines rather than blend grapes from separate sites into one wine.
This was a single-vineyard wine from a year that only one or two port houses declared a vintage year.
Virtually every producer in the Chianti region has a pricey special blend or single-vineyard wine.
McCrea also makes several single-vineyard wines and has produced a syrah-grenache blend.