Shooting Star Merlot

Vineyards we are always on the lookout for classic varieties planted in ideal locations. The red volcanic soils ample sunshine almost no fog and the 1500 foot plus elevation and cool night temperatures all add up to a wonderful place to grow red grapes. We harvest merlot from the dorn family and the stymie bench vineyards. The dorn’s have the most dramatic vineyard in lake county. Perched on a hollow on the nw corner of the dormant volcano mt konocti you look down 1000 feet to the lake and see a perfect circle in dorn bay: an ancient cinder cone! The stymie vineyard is a manicured jewel on the bench land near highland springs reservoir close to lakeport. The soils are great and the vines really produce some of the best fruit we have ever seen from lake county. Vineyards & season 2012 was a very good growing season with hardly any rain throughout the year and harvest. A beautiful spring and summer were followed by harvest conditions that were ideal producing quality focus