Our Vineyard Geography

We command the entire hilltop with all its slope aspects: mainly north, south, west and just enough east slope to have carved an acre for our Pinot Noir. Yes, Pinot Noir which needs less heat units than most of our well-suited grapes and gets just what it needs from our east-facing slope which is in the shade by late afternoon on a summer's eve. The hilltop not only serves to create different microclimes based on slope direction towards or away from the sun but its topographical relief. By that I mean I utilize the fact that cold air is heavier than warm air and settles to the lowest ground and with it sometimes in late spring damaging frosts. So to make maximum use of this phenonimum I planted the vines with the earliest leafing out characteristics at the top of the hill and the reverse progression downward.

Some varieties at placed to take advantage of their slope aspect while other varieties like Syrah I've planted in four sites to seek variation in flavor profiles and therefore build complexity into the resulting wine.