ESTATE VINEYARDS

STAGS LEAP DISTRICT

Our sixty acres of vineyards stretch from our valley floor Twin Peaks Ranch to the steep hillside terraces of the Poetry Vineyard.

The valley floor vineyard that encircles our winery is known as the Twin Peaks Ranch. More varied in soil type than our hillside property, we farm small bespoke blocks comprised of a selection of root stocks, clonal selections and varietals. This property forms the backbone of the Cliff Lede Cabernet program.

The steep, southwest-facing hillside portion of the property is known as the Poetry Vineyard. Reaching from the highest elevation of the Stags Leap Appellation down to the valley floor, this is a high exposure site. These blocks boast a gritty combination of shallow soils atop fractured shales with low-yielding old vines of Cabernet Sauvignon.

We are in the midst of a long term and comprehensive replanting of our property. When we brought David Abreu on to farm, we were confident that he would be able to coax excellence from the land. His efforts have had a dramatic effect on these vines…each vintage brings continued advances in fruit quality.