In 1990 we began planting vines on an extraordinary piece of land high up on the Mayacamas Mountain range overlooking the Sonoma Valley. We started with a steep, sloping piece of land 1800’ feet above sea level and developed it into a breathtaking terraced mountain vineyard. Today we have 60,000 vines planted with ideal southwestern exposure yielding intensely flavored wine grapes.
We had high hopes from the very beginning. Neighboring us to the south is the famed Monte Rosso Vineyard and to our east is Hanna Winery’s Bismark Mountain Vineyard, both of which produce excellent wines. Over the past decade Kenwood Winery, Valley of the Moon Winery, Pahlmeyer Winery, Ledson Winery, Kunde Estate Winery, Charles Creek Winery, Gundlach Bundschu Winery, Pax Wine Cellars, Ramey Wine Cellars and, of special note for the great help they gave us, Arrowood Vineyards and Winery all have been enthusiastic supporters and purchasers of Mountain Terraces' wine grapes.
In 1999, with the help of Richard Arrowood of Arrowood Vineyards and Winery, we decided to test the waters and make wine blended exclusively from our mountain vineyard. Richard agreed to oversee the winemaking. We told him our goal was to produce wines that would express the special qualities of our unique vineyard site. In 2003, we established our own estate winery. Still, we have chosen to continue to sell much of the fruit from the Mountain Terraces Vineyard to well respected wineries. Those relationships have been extremely valuable to our growth as winemakers because great wine is made in the vineyard with effective farming techniques. Winemakers tend to get very passionate about this site. It has all the potential!
The most distinguished wines of the world are, and always will be, expressions of a special vineyard, a unique place. |
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| Cascading down the Western slopes of the Mayacamas Mountians |
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