VINEYARDS

It’s unusual these days for a winery to own its vineyards, and even more unusual to make all its wine exclusively from estate-grown fruit. After nearly four decades of experience growing grapes in Carneros, the Mahoney family now farms 160 acres of estate vines at opposite ends of the appellation -- on the warmer hillsides in the northeast corner near Napa and on the cool, wind-swept flats by the bay on the southwestern Sonoma side. Here’s a quick look at the individual vineyards you’ll find on Mahoney Vineyards labels.

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Las Brisas Vineyard
Aptly named, this 110-acre vineyard is often shrouded in fog until noon, then receives cooling breezes from the Petaluma coastal gap from four until seven on summer evenings. Located a half mile south of the Carneros Highway (121/12) on the Sonoma side of the appellation, this property gently slopes to the west and tilts like a table with a short leg on the southwest corner. The gentle grade, with only a 50-foot overall drop in elevation, promotes uniform ripening. The soils are mainly sandy silt with a layer of gravel from an old stream bed and one area of black clay. Here, too, a variety of Pinot Noir clones plus an array of Italian and Spanish varieties are grown. 

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