Our Vineyards
SONOMA COAST
CAMPBELL RANCH
This vineyard is located a few miles from the Pacific Ocean, near the tiny town of Annapolis, and is farmed by Steve Campbell. At approximately 750 feet above sea level, it sits right at the boundary of the marine layer, ensuring that the cool, coastal climate delays ripening well beyond the warmer vineyards to the east. The two-decade-old vines grow on sandy, low-vigor Goldridge soil, which helps reduce yields to near two tons per acre.
PETERS
Randy Peters and his father-in-law, Tom Mukaida, farm this vineyard outside of Sebastopol in western Sonoma County. The southern slopes of these hills form the northern edge of the Petaluma Gap, which rushes cool, marine air from the Pacific Ocean inland. The vines, a mix of Pommard and 777 planted over thirty years ago, produce grapes that ripen unusually slow due to the oft-present morning fog.
HARMONY LANE
The ridge in between Graton and Occidental is known by several names—Occidental Ridge; Stoetz Ridge; and, perhaps most commonly, Harrison Grade, after its principal roadway. Harmony Lane occupies a three-acre site of fine Goldridge soil just below this ridgeline at about 800 feet. This elevation puts the vineyard right at the edge of the marine layer: the fog laps the vineyard like a shoreline, creating a dynamic warm-and-cool environment that creates wines of elegant bearing and tight precision.
HAWK HILL
Above the town of Freestone, Hawk Hill Vineyard is perched on a steep, Goldridge soil covered slope just a few miles from the Pacific. Shaped by the coastal climate, this low yielding vineyard is farmed by the Yarak family. The two decades old vines work late into the fall to ripen and develop detailed flavors in its tiny berries.
JACK HILL
Three miles northwest of Freestone overlooking the Bodega/Freestone Valley, Jack Hill sits four miles from the Pacific. The cool temperatures and soils here ensure low yields on our latest-ripening Sonoma County Pinot site. Goldridge Soil contributes to the creation of wines with intense aromatics and elegant textures. These vines, planted to a mix of clonal material on a southwest facing slope, sit at 500 feet elevation and are lovingly farmed by Rob Wilkinson.
HOLDER
Holder vineyard lies 500 feet from our Harmony Lane site on the same ridge in between Graton and Occidental, known as Occidental Ridge on Harrison Grade. It is a 1.8 acre site of Goldridge soil at 850 feet elevation across the street from Radio Coteau Estate and Heintz Vineyard. This elevation puts the vineyard at the edge of the marine layer, and in a westward opening in the tree line making it slightly cooler that Harmony due to the from the coastal air that comes in. The vineyard is farmed by its namesake, Bruce Holder.
MENDOCINO COUNTY
ABBEY-HARRIS
This two-acre vineyard sits at 900 to 1100 feet, facing south above the town of Boonville in the Anderson Valley. Its soils are part of the Wolfey-Bearwallow complex: roughly half the vineyard has very pale, sandy soil mixed with pink quartz, while the other half has more organic matter as well as large shale outcroppings. We continue to farm and manage the vineyard with able help from owners Dona Abbey and Dan Harris.
BAKER RANCH
Baker Ranch sits deeper in the Anderson Valley west of the hamlet of Philo, up above the virgin redwood groves of Hendy Woods. The vineyard sits on a mid-elevation east-facing slope on the south side of the valley, on very shallow slate-based soils of the Casabonne-Wohly complex. The soils have a high mineral content and an unusually high pH for California. The vines themselves were planted almost twenty years ago; they are rigorously farmed by the Baker family.
COMPTCHE RIDGE
This remote vineyard is located in a small natural clearing above the town of Comptche, just inland from the northern Mendocino County coast. Owned and managed by the Weir family, Comptche Ridge is dry-farmed on a complex mix of fine sandy-clayey Franciscan soils, and is ringed completely by high redwoods and Douglas-fir. This vineyard is planted primarily to Swan clone.
SONOMA COAST
CAMPBELL RANCH
The vineyard is located a few miles from the Pacific Ocean, near the tiny town of Annapolis, and is farmed by Steve Campbell. At approximately 750 feet above sea level, it sits right at the boundary of the marine layer, ensuring that the cool, coastal climate delays ripening well beyond the warmer vineyards to the east. The two-decade-old vines grow on sandy, low-vigor Goldridge soil, which helps reduce yields to near two tons per acre.
PETERS
Randy Peters farms this vineyard outside of Sebastopol in western Sonoma County. The southern slopes of these hills form the northern edge of the Petaluma Gap, which rushes cool, marine air from the Pacific Ocean inland. These Syrah and interplanted Viognier vines, which Randy put in for us just a few years ago, occupy less than an acre at the lowest edge of this cool, foggy vineyard. The entire block produced just above three tons of fruit.
SONOMA COAST
CAMPBELL RANCH
The vineyard is located a few miles from the Pacific Ocean, near the tiny town of Annapolis, and is farmed by Anthill Farms. At approximately 750 feet above sea level, it sits right at the boundary of the marine layer, ensuring that the cool, coastal climate delays ripening well beyond the warmer vineyards to the east. The vineyard was planted by Ulises Valdez to Old Wente Selection in 1999. The two-decade-old vines grow on sandy, low-vigor Goldridge soil in a block of Campbell with little topsoil and fractured schist and sandstone. These elements of terroir help reduce yields to near two tons per acre, resulting in stunning concentration and development.
PEUGH
This head-trained vineyard sits smack dab in the middle of the Russian River Valley, on the plains that make up the northwestern outskirts of Santa Rosa. The faded brown soils, known as Huichica loam, offer an excellent mix of low fertility and rapid drainage. Most notable about the site, however, is the age of the vines: we don’t know the exact age, but the best indication is that they were planted in the early 1940s, making it some of the oldest producing Chardonnay in the state.