Vintage Notes
After a dry winter, the 2020 growing season began with typical temperatures and normal timing for bud break and flowering.
As summer progressed, there were a couple heat waves and experienced poor air quality from the Complex Fires during the fall months. Fortunately, the smoke wasn’t heavy enough in Livermore Valley to impact our grapes. The quality fruit produced balanced wines with great acidity, although the yields were slightly below average.
Vineyard Notes
Planted along the southern bank of the Arroyo Mocho Creek, our Ranch Creek Vineyard has well-drained gravelly silt loam derived from river sediments. Here, the vines are naturally stressed from the gravelly loam that encourages deep root growth resulting in complex flavor development in the fruit. The vineyard’s north-south orientation allows the vines to savor hours of warm sunshine during
the long growing season as well as the cooling evening breezes from the San Francisco Bay.
