Winemaker Notes
For more than 30 years, MacRostie has focused on making benchmark Sonoma County Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs. While this focus has allowed us to cultivate a remarkable level of experience, we are wine lovers who also find joy in exploring and discovering new regions and new wines. As a result, several years back, we began incubating a new winery here at MacRostie. We called it Clockwise—a name that captures many of the elements that are important to us from a winemaking perspective, including timing, wisdom, and knowledge. Just like at MacRostie, the winemaking for Clockwise is guided by gifted Winemaker Heidi Bridenhagen and winemaking icon Steve MacRostie. Our Clockwise Napa Valley Red Wine was crafted using the five traditional Bordeaux varietals and is composed of 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, 16% Malbec, 16% Cabernet Franc, and 8% Petit Verdot, yielding a layered and complex Cabernet-based red blend in a more classically Old World style.