The vineyards
Fifteen sites across fog, forest, mountain, and coast
The Santa Cruz Mountains are fractured — sandstone on one ridge, shale on the next, granite underneath. Move a mile and the wine changes. That difference is the whole reason we farm this many places.
15 of 15 sites
Ascona
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Elevation
- 2,400 ft
- To the Pacific
- 14.5 mi
- Geology
- Vaquero sandstone
- Planted
- Aligoté, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah
3 wines in the release
Toyon
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Elevation
- 480 ft
- To the Pacific
- 3 mi
- Geology
- Purisima formation
- Planted
- Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
3 wines in the release
Arey
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Elevation
- 700 ft
- To the Pacific
- 14 mi
- Geology
- Franciscan Complex
- Planted
- Chardonnay
1 wine in the release
Redwood Grade
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Elevation
- 1,500 ft
- To the Pacific
- 9 mi
- Geology
- Loma Chiquita ridge
- Planted
- Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc
Soda Springs
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Elevation
- 2,250 ft
- To the Pacific
- 14.1 mi
- Geology
- Franciscan Complex
- Planted
- Chardonnay
1 wine in the release
Marine Terrace
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Elevation
- 400 ft
- To the Pacific
- 6.2 mi
- Geology
- Purisima formation (sea floor uplift)
- Planted
- Chardonnay, Syrah
Red Tail
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Elevation
- 1,585 ft
- To the Pacific
- 8.6 mi
- Geology
- Vaqueros sandstone and volcanic rock
- Planted
- Syrah
Chamise
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Elevation
- 2,050 ft
- To the Pacific
- 15.8 mi
- Geology
- Franciscan Complex
- Planted
- Pinot Noir
Hawks Feather
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Elevation
- 650 ft
- To the Pacific
- 18 mi
- Geology
- Franciscan Complex
- Planted
- Aligoté
Meadowridge
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Elevation
- 500 ft
- To the Pacific
- 6.2 mi
- Geology
- Aromas sand
- Planted
- Pinot Noir
2 wines in the release
Massa
Carmel Valley
- Elevation
- 1,650 ft
- To the Pacific
- 9.5 mi
- Geology
- Placerita formation
- Planted
- Cabernet Sauvignon
1 wine in the release
Kessler Haak
Sta. Rita Hills
- Elevation
- 360 ft
- To the Pacific
- 12 mi
- Geology
- Temescal formation
- Planted
- Gamay, Syrah
Branciforte
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Elevation
- 700 ft
- To the Pacific
- 5.8 mi
- Geology
- Purisima formation
- Planted
- Pinot Noir
2 wines in the release
Le Boeuf
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Elevation
- 1,050 ft
- To the Pacific
- 3.5 mi
- Geology
- Cretaceous
- Planted
- Chardonnay
1 wine in the release
Rattle Mountain
Santa Cruz Mountains
- Elevation
- 1,350 ft
- To the Pacific
- 13 mi
- Geology
- Purisima formation / Lambert shale
- Planted
- Pinot Noir
Why it matters in the glass
Elevation sets the acid, the ocean sets the pace
A block fourteen miles inland at twenty-four hundred feet sits above the fog and ripens in clean sun with cold nights — tension, length, dark spice. A site four miles from the water spends its mornings under the marine layer and hangs for weeks longer, which is where the salt and the low alcohol come from. Same range, different clock.