Meet our gorgeous light fawn 9x Champion, Estates Legendary Picasso. Senior AOA fleece judge, Diana Timmerman had this to say about him, "He has extreme density, superior fineness, beautiful length & brightness, & a well-built form." Judge Amanda VandenBosch assessed Picasso in May 2019 as an A- stating, "Picasso is maintaining fineness, has high frequency style crimp, uniformity across the blanket, good length to staple, use over color, and good cross back over Pure Passion offspring. " He was biopsied at 4.5 years by Dr. Norm Evans, DVM who said, "True Genetic Density: 80.5 follicles SQ MM; AFD: 16.53. Picasso's 250X scan which magnifies at 1000 times amazes me. Picasso shows only 20% of his secondary fibers have a degree of medullation. This male shows many strong genetic traits that should pass to his offspring. He has retained his fineness of fiber." Picasso is sired by our Andean's Pegasus of Country Estates, bringing genetics from PPeruvian Caligula, 4Peruvian Andean Gold, Snowmass Andean Bronze, & his sire, Snowmass Andean Midnight, a stunning, compact, true black “silky soft” male with an outstanding pedigree for fineness. His ribbon-winning dam is the daughter of Patagonia's Ernesto, our magnificent Judge's Choice, 7x Champion with 5x Get of Sire awards. Lindeza also gifts Picasso with the legendary genetics of her grandsires - Patagonia's Lennox & Nishio. We are thrilled to announce that son Estates Picasso’s Duke Malaga won Judge's Choice at 2023 FUTURITY & BOTH 2023 TxOlan shows! Judge Nasemann's comments: "A clear class winner. He's very correct, but the more exciting thing about him is the quality of fineness, the density & that amount of fiber. This male is packed in it! I was so impressed with that uniform micron, I took a second sample, & the belly is practically the same." Picasso's offspring first hit the show ring in 2021. To give you an idea of just how pleased we are with him, his daughter, Picasso's Charisma, represented our ranch (with Spirit Dancer & Passionate Fever), helping our ranch bring home a Blue-Ribbon for Breeder's Best Three at the 2021 Buckeye show! Of the Eight Picasso offspring that Competed in the show ring through March 2023, they won: 3 coveted Judge's Choice Banners; 9 Color Championship Banners; 6 Reserve Championship Banners; 24 Blue-Ribbons; 17 Second Place Ribbons; & 70/74 awards were for Third Place or Higher Placements! This Stunning Multi-Champion now has many Champion and Internationally Recognized Progenies. Here are just a few: ESTATES PICASSO'S DUKE MALAGA - 3X Judge's Choice Awards, 14X Champion, Numerous Blues (Poland) ESTATES PICASSO'S FAMOUS PAINTING - 2X Champion & Numerous Blues ESTATES PICASSO'S LEAH ROSE XXX - 2x BEST BRED & OWNED, Numerous Blues ESTATES GOLDEN MIRAGE - Color Champion & Multiple Blues ESTATES WHITE BUFFALO - Res. Champion & Multiple Blues ESTATES MISS IDAHO - (Poland)

ESTATES ST CROIX PASSION St Croix Passion's famous daddy is Snowmass Pure Passion, our outstanding multi-champion herdsire. Passion represents 30 years of passion in breeding for the perfect-colored fleece on the most beautiful-bodied alpaca. He is a 7x Get of Sire Blue-Ribbon winner and has sired numerous champions as well as the 2019 California Classic Judge’s Choice winner, Estates Passionate Fever. Her ribbon winning dam, Ava Cactus descended from some of the most illustrious Canadian bloodlines. She is the daughter of the Peruvian black champion CAVA Guivir Zorro (from Ruth Elvestad's prestigious fiber farm in Alberta, Canada). Her maternal grandsire is CAVA Isaila Valentino. CHAMPION PRODUCER! St Croix Passion's 2018 son won a Blue Ribbon and Fawn Reserve Champion at the 2019 Gold Country Gathering show! Offspring: On 12/1/18, St Croix Passion presented us with a handsome medium fawn male sired by multi-champion, Estates Matterhorn. Her son, Estates Saint Croix, won Reserve Champion and 1st Place at the 2019 Gold Country Gathering, then helped Alpaca Country Estates Ranch win another Blue Ribbon as part of the Breeder's Best Three! On 11/1/19, St Croix Passion gave us a pretty light fawn female also sired by our multi-champion, Estates Matterhorn. On 9/18/21, St Croix Passion gave birth to a lovely white female sired by 9x champion, Estates Legendary Picasso. On 10/11/22, St Croix Passion gave us a good-looking light brown male sired by our newest ACE stud, Estates Electrojet (out of our top Lennox son, Patagonia's Antonio). On 10/2/23, St Croix Passion presented us with a beautiful medium brown female sired by our incredible Snowmass Pure Passion. On 9/17/24, St Croix Passion gave us a beautiful light brown female sired by Amber Autumn Autumn Duke of Earl.

AMBER AUTUMN HOT CHOCOLATE What a handsome package! This erect, solid frame, large bone male has a beautiful phenotype with fantastic coverage! Then opening up an extremely fine fleece, consistent with uniformity of microns across the blanket is a true joy! Check out Hot Chocolate's DENSITY! Holy Moly! You would have to see the most elite alpaca to compare. Hot Chocolate has TWO traits ranking in the Top 5% EPDs in 2023 and FIVE Traits in the Top 10% EPDs for 2023! Unfortunately, COVID interfered with Hot Chocolates show career. Both of Hot Chocolate's parents are Champions and he most likely would have been a 4th generation champion. He is the son of 9x Champion, CCNF Legionnaire, a 5-time Judges Choice winner as well as a Futurity Champion and AOA Reserve Champion. Legionnaire's 2018 micron test was AFD: 17.9 SD: 3.4 CV: 21.2 %>30: 0.5 and mean curvature of 58.6. He passes on amazing fleece traits including superior density to all his offspring. Hot Chocolate’s paternal sibling has the highest density from a skin biopsy ever recorded at 127.2 follicles/mm. CCNF Legionnaire is sporting a very Elite and stunning linage. Hot Chocolate's paternal grandparents are Snowmass Matrix Majesty (Snowmass Matrix X Snowmass Simply Scrumptious) and 10X Champion, CCNF Magdalena (Snowmass Legacy Gold X PPeruvian Jesusa.) His dam, Amber Autumn Holly Ho, won multiple Blue-Ribbons in 2014-2015, as well as 1st place and Reserve Champion at the 2014 Best of the US show. Hot Chocolate's maternal grandsire is a numerous Blue-Ribbon winner, Eclipse Alyst (out of Australian import, Jolimont 2 Peruvian Sweet William). Amber Autumn stated: "We purchased Eclipse Alyst because of his color, pedigree, and incredible dense fleece that has luster, handle, staple length, and very nice fineness. Eclipse always shears our heaviest weighted fleece even at 8 years of age and is still holding his fineness nicely." Hot Chocolate’s first offspring have arrived and while there are only a few, they are gorgeous. The four cria born in 2023 are all in the final consideration for our 2024 show-string. We are astounded by their density, glowing brightness, independent bundles and micro-bundling, beautiful crimp and style, uniformity, and extremely fine fiber. In fact, their fleeces each have superior traits in all aspects. This covers beautiful frames with correct conformation, great coverage, and strong bone. Hot Chocolate is also producing offspring usually darker than the dam. The darkest is currently dark brown. We can’t wait to utilize these prepotent genetics next season and see more cria in 2024! Watch for his cria in our show-string and contact us for a breeding to create a stunning cria of your own!