Two Acres

AVA
Russian River Valley
Decade
1910s
County
Sonoma
Current Owner
Peter and Elizabeth Meirik
Location Notes

Piner-Olivet area

Wineries

Eagle Ridge Winery

Historical Producers

Carlisle

Characteristics

Cherry, currant, cardamon, tree bark, pine, pepper, rose petal, licorice, cream

Description

Very rare to see an old-vine vineyard this high in mourvedre, especially in the Russian River Valley. The vineyard used to be approximately 20 acres but was subdivided in the ’70s and sold off for custom home lots. While a few homeowners kept a few vines (more for decoration than anything), only one owner kept a two-acre piece of the vineyard intact. Vineyard was on the brink of death in 1996 but has been carefully restored back to life.

Submitted by
Mike Officer
Certified