2023 Estate Marsanne - Ibarra-Young Vineyard The soils are alluvial deposits

The soils are alluvial deposits from the San Rafael Mountains

this greatly contributes to the density of the wine

and cools off with coastal fog in the evening

This vineyard lies on the hills of the San Antonio Creek Valley

Cariño translates to ‘darling’ in Spanish

2023 Estate Marsanne - Ibarra-Young Vineyard The soils are alluvial depositsThese vines were planted in 1973, part of the second planting at Ibarra Young Vineyard. As is everything in this vineyard, they are own rooted, farmed no till, rotationally grazed, and interplanted with native plants to the Santa Ynez watershed. This block sits across a fairly sandy part of an alluvial bench that runs through the vineyard. It has extremely low vigor, allowing light through the canopy so that its clusters are constantly dappled with