I recently joined Vineyard Manager Mitch Wyss for a walk through the vines as they were being pruned. The overall experience was, as is typical here on the ranch, beautiful, illuminating, and inspiring. I will try to convey in type just one small portion of a greater picture that is best experienced in person.
Our Sauvignon Blanc, Block 26, is planted to the Northeastern corner of the vineyard. The site is unique to our 1000 acre property as it lies at a point in the vineyard where two very different ancient environments meet. The majority of the ranch is composed of limestone that was once a vast sea bed and the eastern tip of this upthrust extends into Block 26. Meeting the edge of the seabed, at a point where the soil takes on a reddish hue, is a vein of very dark and dense rock--unusual on this side of Paso Robles--that is volcanic in origin. Thus within our single 3 acre block of Sauvignon Blanc we are presented with the remnants of two dynamically opposed elements of the ancient world! 
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