Hanzell Vineyards
- AVA
- Sonoma Valley
- Decade
- 1950s
- County
- Sonoma
- Sub-Appellation
- Sonoma Valley
- Current Owner
- Alexander de Brye
- Planted by
- Ivan Schoch
- Location Notes
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Hanzell Vineyards’ forty-four acres of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are planted high on the mountain slopes of the Mayacamas Range overlooking the town of Sonoma.
- Wineries
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Hanzell Vineyards
- Historical Producers
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Hanzell Vineyards – 1957-present
- Description
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In 1953, viticulturalist Ivan Schoch was hired by our founder, Ambassador James D Zellerbach, to plant the original six acres at Hanzell Vineyards: four acres of Chardonnay and two acres of Pinot Noir. The original planting, the Ambassador’s 1953 Vineyard, continues to produce to this day and is now the oldest Pinot Noir vineyard and the oldest continuously producing Chardonnay vineyard in North America. The Hanzell Clone Pinot Noir and Hanzell Clone Chardonnay are regarded as important heritage clones of California and the bud wood has been propagated to establish other vineyards throughout California and Oregon.
- Phone
- 707-996-3860
- Submitted by
- Hanzell Vineyards
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