The vineyard is a 10-acre rectangle, planted
in the dark, gravelly clay characteristic of Carneros and
surrounding areas whose soil originated in the ancient reaches
of the
The planting is dense, with the cordons close to the soil for
warmth; a high canopy to catch as much of the sun as possible in
this cool, misty canyon.
The vineyard has a tiny half-acre secret garden across the creek
that marks the southern border for the vineyard.
The vines here are planted in meter by meter spacing; they are
so stressed by their density that each vine produces only a few clusters, each nearly painfully intense in flavor.