origins
Many millions of years ago,
titanic forces of evolution pushed and pulled from deep within the mantle of the
earth to form a mountain range we now call the Santa Lucias. Another smaller
fracture erupted while an inland sea was cut off from the great ocean, finally
forming a valley of marine deposits overrun from the fiery volcanic rock seeping
down from this rupture. So a valley was created, unlike any vineyard land…the
valley of Carmody McKnight, where the soils possess a wondrous combination of
limestone, montmorillonite (“the wonder soil"), and volcanic rock. In our time,
this is now a legendary place, unique on this earth. The vineyards of Carmody
McKnight seem miraculous, but science explains the geological marvel. The estate
wine from vines where roots explore rare mineral earth breached from cataclysmic
events eons ago, testify to the perfection of super soils and sublime climate.
Astonishingly, even though our wine possesses more nutrients and minerals than
any in the world, fertilization has never been necessary in the vineyard – the
ultimate expression of “terroir”!
►gift
of the ages