ABOUT KICK RANCH

Wines from Kick Ranch – Sanglier 2008 Rosé and 2007 Kick Ranch Syrah (Fall ’09 Release)

Location - Sonoma County’s Rincon Valley, northeast of Santa Rosa.  Kick Ranch is a sustainable, rolling hillside vineyard on the western side of the northern flank of Spring Mountain, which separates Sonoma and Napa Counties.

Acreage - 41

Soil - The vineyard is sited on an alluvial bench having soil with an amazing mix of volcanic and other rock that contributes a rich minerality to wines.

Clone – 877, 470 and Hermitage

Trellising – Vertical Shoot Positioned

Climate – The vineyard is laid out for perfect sun exposure and has a 20 mile vista down to the Petaluma Wind Gap, providing cool nights and foggy mornings, ideal conditions for growing premium wine grapes.

Vineyard Management – Bacchus Vineyard Management

Kick Ranch Vineyard History – Owned by Dick Keenan and Kathy McNamara

Over the past 10 years the focus at Kick Ranch has been on Rhone grape varieties. It takes time to learn the potential of a vineyard site — what’s unique about its soils, its climate and growing conditions, what areas have rockier soils stress one variety more than another, which varieties fare better at the bottom of rolling hills where an early season frost can occur, which crop levels will yield optimum fruit. At Kick Ranch, learning about this sense of place, what some have called the "geography of flavor" and what the French sum up as terroir, is an ongoing process. In fact, in recent years, they have replanted and "t-budded" several acres of wines to grow more Rhone grapes to better express the potential of Kick Ranch as a signature vineyard for premium winemakers.

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