2023 Estate Marsanne - Ibarra-Young Vineyard Over the years I have

Over the years I have been able to narrow down my Gamay block preferences

this greatly contributes to the density of the wine

and always wins the beauty contest

It has extremely low vigor

Although the vineyard seems sandy at the surface level

2023 Estate Marsanne - Ibarra-Young Vineyard Over the years I haveThese 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