Gainey Vineyard Pinot Noir

Sta. Rita hills the sta. Rita hills ava benefits from strong winds morning fog and cool temperatures. These conditions provide a long cool growing season averaging 30 to 45 days longer than most of california’s grape-growing regions. These maritime conditions also limit vine yields – providing grapes with a rare combination of intense ripeness concentration structure minerality and acidity. The gainey family purchased its first sta. Rita hills property in 1996 five years before the region was designated a subappellation of the santa ynez valley ava vineyards at evan’s ranch the gainey’s 120-acre property in sta. Rita hills there are four vineyard parcels on a strip of land stretching from the santa ynez river to the top of a hill. La marina the lowest vineyard has sandy soil and is planted entirely to chardonnay. Rising just above it is lone oak a vineyard on the mid-section of the hillside of botella clay loam soil ideal for growing chardonnay syrah and pinot noir. Las