"The meat of it (B.Leighton) was to do some varietals that don’t get done very often...it’s the cool side project for the bass player."
—Winemaker, Brennon Leighton
Washington winemaker, Brennon Leighton, created B. Leighton Wines to showcase fruit from the crest of Olsen Hills in the Yakima Valley.
The first vintage, 2012, was a collection of Petit Verdot, Grenache and Syrah – all wines that Brennon has always wanted to work with in Washington state. Along with vineyard owner Leif Olsen, Brennon planted the vineyard that is proportionate to the future field blends that created and conclude the brands’ trio of wines: Gratitude GSM, Syrah and Petit Verdot.
A continuation of what Brennon was doing before and what he does best now: Feral fermentations, longer maceration and reductive winemaking that captures the varietal and the place it is from.
