The Vineyards

We’ve been fortunate to work with some very special vineyards on this long, strange winemaking trip.

Campos Vineyard

Monterrey County

Despite being only a few miles east of San Miguel, the Campos Vineyard feels a world away. Located in oak-studded Ranchita Canyon, the Campos Vineyard is the source for our Grenache. The head-trained vines are spaced 8’x6’ and slope gently to the northwest on Paso Robles Formation sandy loam flecked with shale and calcareous pebbles. These Garnacha Tinta (our favorite clone) vines produce wines with delicate hues of ruby garnet and deep aromatics.

New Creation Vineyard

Templeton Gap, Paso Robles AVA

A very special site if there ever was one, the New Creation Vineyard was established as the Fralich Vineyard by Harry and Ruth Fralich in 1989, focusing on Rhone varietals and selling grapes to a list of prestigious wineries. Following Harry’s passing in 2020, the property was sold and is now run by Enrique Garcia, who carries on the tradition of quality begun by Harry and Ruth. Located in the Templeton Gap AVA, in a place Harry called the Templeton Bench, the vineyard lies on a gentle, west facing slope at approximately 900 feet. Soils consist of sandy, silty, and calcareous deposits along the alluvial terraces of the Salinas River. Wines from the vineyard show good natural acids and phenolic ripeness at lower Brix with vibrant fruit flavors.

Home Vineyards

Los Angeles County

Our home vineyards are a mix of Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Cinsaut, and Vermentino, the perfect mix for crafting our award-winning Rhone-style rose wines. Our soils consist of outwash from the Whittier Hills containing uplifted Pleistocene marine sediments, fossiliferous sandstone and clay. The result is bright, lively wines with rich mouthfeel. 

Rocky Dirt Vineyard

San Benito County

We source our Tempranillo from the wide-open spaces of the Santa Ana Valley east of Hollister where the winds blow off the Monterey Bay every afternoon to keep things cool. Think Grapes of Wrath. Farmed by friend and retired horticulture professor Kent Gordon, our own personal grape whisperer, the site is watched over by the volcanic Diablo Range to the east. The upper Cretaceous marine sediment and volcanic rocks create wines with fine-grained tannins, aromatic complexity, and supple mouthfeel.