Two Acres – Russian River Valley

A true gem in Sonoma County! There is little old-vine mourvèdre in Sonoma County. Yet, here we have two acres of predominantly mourvèdre planted in 1910. Other varieties planted include mondeuse (10%), petite sirah (10%), carignane (4%), and alicante bouschet (2%). There are also a few zinfandel vines in addition to two syrahs and 9 whites called monbadon.

This vineyard was on the brink of death when we took it over in 1996 but slowly and surely we have brought it back to life. We completed its renovation in 2003 by replacing all missing vines. Although some of the replants were mourvèdre, we did include enough syrah vines to make it the second most prevalent variety at about 15%. It will be fascinating to see how our Two Acres red wine evolves once the syrah vines are producing.

 

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