The DuPratt Vineyard is nestled among Coastal Redwoods at 1500 feet in the Mendocino Ridges AVA. The vineyard was planted in the early 1980s. This is a high elevation site in an AVA often called “Islands in the Sky”. Only elevations above 1200 feet are included, and it is the only non-contiguous AVA in America. This site is well known for Zinfandel but produces sublime Chardonnay as well.

Hand harvested at night. Clusters are whole cluster pressed before moving drectly to French oak barrels for fermentation. Native primary and ML. Long fermentations are followed by battonage for several months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered after 15 months of barrel aging.