Santa Lucia Highlands
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2005 SANTA LUCIA HIGHLANDS PINOT NOIR
Santa Lucia Highlands is located on the western side of the Salinas River Valley on the benchland that runs above the area between Gonzales and Soledad. The vineyards are eastern facing terraces, and sit atop ancient tilted alluvial fans. The 2005 Lucienne Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir comes from two vineyards owned by Hahn Estates—Doctor’s Vineyard (75%) and Lone Oak Vineyard (25%). The clones planted at Doctor’s Vineyard are 667, 777, 113, 115, Pommard 4, Swan, Jackson 9, Jackson 16, Calera; while Lone Oak consists of 667, 115, 2a, Pommard 5, and 777. At approximately 500 feet in elevation, both vineyards have Chualar sandy loam topsoils with rocky, well drained subsoils with rocks as a major factor in the soil strata. The marine influence from Monterey Bay creates a morning fog layer that is followed by north/west winds that cool the vineyards in the afternoon, making this one of the coolest growing regions in California. Santa Lucia Highlands gets roughly 25 more growing days than the coastal average, giving better flavors without higher alcohols.

2005 LONE OAK PINOT NOIR
Santa Lucia Highlands is located on the western side of the Salinas River Valley with Lone Oak roughly midway in the appellation. The vineyard faces east and is terraced across ancient tilted alluvial fans. At about 500 feet in elevation, Lone Oak has Chualar sandy loam topsoils with rocky, well drained subsoils with rocks as a major influence. Lone Oak was initially planted to Chardonnay with 12’ x 6’ spacing, but in 2001 we interplanted five blocks of the Chardonnay with Pinot Noir, creating a 6’ x 6’ spacing with a total of 20 acres and 23,200 vines.

Lone Oak was one of the first of our vineyards to be planted with Pinot Noir. The goal was to research and plant as many clones that would fit the ‘sense of place’ we wanted Lucienne to express. The idea was once the vines began to produce and the resulting wines were evaluated, the clonal selections would serve as a guide in terms of what works and what doesn’t in future plantings. So far, they all seem to have worked in the vineyard. Each clone has different qualities with each one giving a nuance but the degree of difference has become more subtle as the vines mature.