| Russian River Valley | Lennox Vineyards | Sonoma County, CA |
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Our 9 acre (primary) vineyard is located on the southern edge of the Russian River Valley appellation. It was planted long ago and grafted to Chardonnay ~1990. The old vines were basically dry-farmed and gave 1-2 tons per acre of high-character fruit. They are the grapes that gave us the 2002, 2003, and 2004 vintages.
But the old vineyard is completely gone now ... In portions, we pulled all the vines and infastructure, replacing these with modern systems and Chardonnay (Dijon 95 on 5C) in 2001, Pinot Noir (Dijon 115, 667, & 777 on 101-14) in 2002, and finally more chardonnay (Dijon 76 on 5C) in 2005. The new Chardonnay was very low yielding so we pulled and replaced all but four rows with more Pinot Noir in 2008 and 2009.
Long-term, we intend to sell the Pinot Noir from this vineyard to a local established winery.
At the house, we planted about 2/3 of an acre of Chardonnay (95) and Pinot Noir (777, 115, 667, and Pommard) in 2000, 2002, and 2003 on 101-14 rootstock. In 2007 & 2008 we grafted the Chardonnay over to Pinot Noir and added some VCR 18 clone to the mix. We have a special relationship with these vines as they dominate our front and back yard. We're looking forward to producing some very special estate wines from this small vineyard at our own winery, located on the property.