farming practices

• Sustainable

• Fish Friendly Farming Certified

VARIETAL

• Cabernet Sauvignon

acres

10 acres

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red hen vineyard: oak knoll

It takes only a few steps into the silty loam soils of our Red Hen Vineyard for the unique virtues of the site to become apparent. From 1950 through 1970 the ranch produced the top fruit for Brother Timothy at The Christian Brothers Winery before slipping into obscurity. Nearly 40 years later the vineyard was rediscovered and under our care the quality of the site once again rings true.

Located at the base of Mt. Veeder in the Oak Knoll District AVA, Red Hen is a warm site with very light and thin alluvial soils, composed of a foot of silty loam above 10-20 feet of pure cobble. The rock content of the soil below the surface leads to smaller concentrated berries.