Tyler is dedicated to producing wines of delicacy and balance, where structure and nuance are favored above all else. Our focus is exclusively on exceptional vineyard sites throughout the Santa Rita Hills and Santa Maria Valley within Santa Barbara County, and feel pinot noir and chardonnay are the best mediums to express each vineyard site. Within these two appellations, the unique combination of marine-based soils, transverse ranges and valleys, and cool ocean influence make this a truly wonderful place for growing pinot noir and chardonnay.

We believe wine should be elegant and honest, and must possess aromatic purity.

From the eastern edge of the Bien Nacido property, the vines grow in the most shale laden gravel soils. These well-drained, mineral soils along with the fact that the vines were planted on their own roots back in 1973 always produce the most powerful chardonnay.

Like all of the Tyler wines, the Dierberg Chardonnay was organically farmed by Justin’s team and fermented with native yeast, no added nutrients, and bottled without fining or filtration. Only 14 cases of this incredible mind-bending wine were made available to wholesale. This is consistently one of the most high-acid, mineral driven, and transparent of the Tyler Chardonnays and a great entry into the Tyler style.

"Opening in the glass with notes of pear, yellow orchard fruit and honeycomb, the 2016 Chardonnay Dierberg Vineyard is a tight-knit, medium-bodied and acid-driven wine, with a lovely core of concentrated fruit lurking behind what are currently quite prominent structuring elements. It's a vivid, tensile wine which will need two or three years in the cellar before it begins to unwind. Drink 2020 - 2030"
92+ points.
(William Kelley, The Wine Advocate #236, April 2018)