Explore Our Vineyards
Tierra Alta Vineyard
This amazing vineyard is one of the best locations for Rhone Varietals in Ballard Canyon, sitting on the eastern edge with a south east orientation. This is one of the steepest vineyard in Ballard Canyon with the Grenache section located at the top at about 1300 feet above sea level. The soils here are clay with high amounts of limestone providing great minerality in the fruit. The intense concentrated fruit is all hand farmed.
Tierra Alta is our primary source for many of our wines, including our world class grenaches! Some of the varietals that we produce from Tierra Alta are Grenache Noir, Grenache Clone 362, Grenache Blanc, Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc & Syrah.
La Presa Vineyard
Just down the road from the Old Mission Santa Ynez “La Presa Vineyard” sits on a gentle slope overlooking the Santa Ynez River. The Land once used for seasonal cattle grazing between the mainland & the Channel Islands now nourishes nine grape varieties.
Owned by Wendy Caldwell-Altman’s Family (Eric & Carleen Caldwell) since 1972. The first grapes were planted at La Presa in 1974. Over the years an evolved understanding of the specific soils, terrain, micro climate, sunlight exposures and moisture conditions, the expression of the fruit is continually being refined. Some of the varietals that we source from La Presa are Grenache Noir, Sauvingon Blanc, Riesling, Marsanne & Roussanne.
Stag Canyon Vineyard
Stag Canyon Vineyard is a 200-acre vineyard on the eastern edge of the Santa Ynez Valley in Santa Barbara County, farmed by Buona Terra Farming. Featuring rocky alluvial and limestone-rich soils with tight vine spacing, it is renowned for producing bold, high-end Bordeaux wine varieties. We love working with this amazing vineyard as it produces much of the premium wines from our “Kaena Noir” label.
