2019 Michel-Schlumberger Gold Collection "Notre Cadeau Pour Vous” Dry Creek Valley

Michel-Schlumberger began with a singular vision. In 1979, Swiss native Jean-Jacques Michel traveled across Northern California searching for a site capable of delivering both power and finesse. He found it in Dry Creek Valley, where the climate, soils, and contoured exposures of Wine Creek Canyon offered rare conditions for expressive red wines. From the start, the focus was clear: craft distinctive Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Pinot Blanc shaped by site rather than excess.

In 1991, Jacques Pierre Schlumberger joined the estate, bringing with him more than 400 years of winemaking heritage from Alsace, France. That partnership gave rise to the Michel-Schlumberger identity, blending Old World discipline with a distinctly Californian sense of place. Over time, the winery earned international recognition for wines defined by balance, structure, and clarity.

The estate’s 61 acres of benchland and hillside vineyards, located just 17 miles from the Pacific Ocean, benefit from a subtle coastal influence that promotes slow, even ripening. Careful spacing, trellising, and clone selection allow each site to express its character, producing wines that are elegant, polished, and unmistakably Dry Creek Valley.

Sustainability remains central to the estate’s philosophy, reinforced by a solar energy system that powers the winery and underscores its long-term commitment to the land.

Notre Cadeau Pour Vous. Our gift to you. That is the name they put on their own estate red.

Gold Collection sits above the everyday estate bottlings. This 2019 is a blend, not a single variety.

Everything in it grew in Wine Creek Canyon, on the benchland and hillside blocks above.

Dry Creek Valley fruit, from a cool pocket seventeen miles off the ocean. Made by people who have blended Bordeaux varieties on this land since 1979.

Open it with something off the grill and give it an hour.