Vineyards

The Sangiacomo family has been farming the rich Sonoma soil since 1927. Mike and Steve Sangiacomo are the third generation of their family to do so, and few people can match their dedication or skill. The vineyard’s proximity to San Pablo Bay makes it an extremely desirable location for quality chardonnay, with early bud break, optimal growing-degree days, and cool nights. The Sangiacomo vines produce grapes that can be found in our DAMARIS RESERVE CHARDONNAY.

William Rayhill’s pinot noir vineyard surrounds his family home in the Sebastopol Hills. Caring deeply about the vines and the grapes they produce, he farms using organic techniques like cover crops, and rejects herbicides. Each day William walks the vineyard and carefully tends and nurtures every vine to ensure he is getting the best from each vine each vintage. That attention to quality is expressed in our single vineyard Rayhill Pinot Noir which is available exclusively to WINE SOCIETY members.

Developed by the Caraccioli family, this vineyard is a four-generation family business. Vintner Gary Caraccioli grew up working on his family’s farm at the foot of the Santa Lucia Mountains. Gary’s exceptional vineyard site pairs glacial alluvial soils and ocean influences to create pinot noir grapes that consistently reach optimal sugar levels with mature, ripe flavors. These elevated vines take full advantage of the morning sunshine before the afternoon maritime breezes cool the vineyard. You can find these grapes in our Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir and our OVERLOOK PINOT NOIR.

This vineyard is perched on the Sonoma Mountain ridgeline and is planted to Robert Young, See, and Wente selections of chardonnay. The extremely rocky soil, known as Kidd stony loam, contributes to the grapes’ unique flavor profile. Our block of pinot noir is on a very steep hill with rocky soil, which stresses the vines even more and along with high winds this produces grapes with concentrated, complex flavors. Grapes from this vineyard produce our RODGERS CREEK CHARDONNAY.

Brothers Nick and Andrew Flocchini tend this family vineyard which is planted on rolling hills in the Petaluma Gap. Thanks to its location in the Petaluma Gap which has a mild, cool climate, the grapes ripen early while maintaining balance and optimal acidity.

Situated in the cool Russian River Valley Appellation, this vineyard was planted in 1974 by John and Phyllis Bazzano and named after John’s grandfather. These vines are some of the earliest plantings of chardonnay in the Russian River Valley. The soils of this ten-acre vineyard contain a high percentage of clay which expresses itself with a distinctive minerality in the wine. These grapes make up our single vineyard Lorenzo Chardonnay.

This Estate Vineyard provides us with 93 acres of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Gris grapes for our Landmark wines. The vineyard is planted with 4 clones of Chardonnay and 14 clones of Pinot Noir dispersed over 44 separate blocks. With 5 distinctly different vineyard plots based upon elevation, topography and soils and with some vines nearly 30 years old, the complexity of Landmark's Hop Kiln Estate Vineyard is a new source of inspiration for our wine maker, Greg Stach, and an incomparable source for top quality fruit for years to come.

Description: The grapes for this wine come exclusively from the Dierberg Drum Canyon Vineyard located near the north eastern edge of the Sta. Rita Hills appellation. Located nearly 350 miles away from Landmark in Kenwood, this cool Santa Barbara County vineyard is exposed to the fog and consistently strong chilling sea breezes. This maritime influence that sweeps in daily from the Pacific Ocean in this uniquely East-West oriented valley provides afternoon cooling and a longer growing season rewarding our patience with grapes of great structure and complexity.

Located approximately seven miles from the Pacific Ocean in the Sta. Rita Hills AVA, La Encantada, “The Enchanted,” was planted by Richard Sanford in 2001 and was one of the first certified organic vineyards in Santa Barbara County. As one of the westernmost vineyards in the Sta. Rita Hills, straddling the Santa Ynez River Valley and planted on a ridge, La Encantada is open to the fog and forceful cooling marine breezes that sweep in from the Pacific Ocean. This provides afternoon cooling and a longer growing season for a rewarding wine of unique character with a true sense of place.

Located on Highway 246 along the northwestern edge of the Sta. Rita Hills appellation in Santa Barbara County, the Hilliard Bruce Vineyard is Landmark’s southernmost source for premium chardonnay. This cool site, influenced by the brisk maritime winds with foggy mornings and afternoons, provides us with exceptional chardonnay fruit that experiences a long growing season adding to its complexity. The hand-tied shoots allow for improved cluster exposure to sunlight, and the well-drained sandy silt soils allow for greater control of precision irrigation and vine stress, resulting in flavors with more intensity.