2/28/2024 0 Comments Sandhi pinot noir![]() To give you a sense of how cold it is here at Tempest, we registered only two days over 80˚ in the 2011 growing season. We feel fortunate to have our precious two acre section that is southeast-facing and are excited about the promise to come from this special site. Planted by Evening Land seven years ago on diatomaceous and clay soils, this site will hopefully set new benchmarks for quality in the appellation. Located on the very western edge of the Santa Rita Hills appellation, this vineyard is a magical site producing very low yields (less than 2 tons/acre) of perfectly balanced Pinot Noir. The Chardonnay and Pinot Noir blocks are both from the Mount Eden selection, widely considered to be some of the first cuttings brought into California. Our sections both come from the oldest blocks where the vine trunks are gnarled producing small amounts of beautifully graceful, concentrated and textured fruit. Because of Richard Sanford’s legacy, both as a farmer and a gentlemen, within the region and industry we feel honored to be working with the fruit that he first planted. Tucked into the eastern corner of the Santa Rita Hills with north-facing blocks, this vineyard is planted on hard, silica gravel and well-drained soils. Planted in 1971 by the legendary and pioneering Richard Sanford, this site represents the oldest Pinot Noir plantings in all of Santa Barbara County and is largely synonymous with the creation of the Santa Rita Hills appellation. The wines are always complex and flavorful reminding us of dark cherries. For us this site produces very rounded, complex wines with broad cola and tobacco aromas. Owned and farmed by the Miller Family, Bien Nacido (meaning “good birth” in Spanish) has long supplied fruit to some of the best producers in California. ![]() ![]() Our section is from Block 1 and was planted in 1971 to Mount Eden selection and Pommard on alluvial soil, loam and river silt and is one of the oldest vineyards in the county. As mentioned above, we feel fortunate to have an opportunity to work with the fruit from this historic vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley.
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