Davies VineyardsPinot Noir, Keefer Vineyards, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County

Davies Vineyards

Pinot Noir, Keefer Vineyards, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County

Situated in the coolest area of the Russian River Valley, Keefer Ranch exemplifies sophistication and grace. Founded in 1996 with select clones, this renowned vineyard thrives in the region's mild winds and consistent fog, which lengthen the growing season and promote the maturation of its outstanding fruit. Davies delivers a bespoke expression from this site through this bottle with each vintage, capitalizing on the vineyards ability to have a cool hang time resulting in fruit with outstanding color, extraction, and balanced tannins

Vintage Factsheets

2022

The Keefer Ranch is located along the Green Valley Creek in the Russian River Valley. The vineyard is planted on gently sloping, south-facing Goldridge Loam soil. Well drained throughout the growing season, this ground is moderately vigorous, ideally suited for the growth of densely concentrated Pinot Noir wine grapes. The vineyard profits from a long, cool hang time resulting in fruit with outstanding color, extraction, and balanced tannins.

Region: California: Napa Valley

Appellation: Russian River Valley

Varietal Composition: Pinot Noir

Aging: The vineyard profits from a long, cool hang time resulting in fruit with outstanding color, extraction, and balanced tannins. The smaller berries and cluster sizes from this vintage led to exceptional fruit quality, resulting in wine with superb concentration. After careful selection and gentle pressing the wine was aged in French Oak for 15 months –of which 15% was new, and 54% used once.