Presidio Vineyard & Winery

Presidio Vineyard & Winery’s goal is to produce handcrafted ultra-premium varietal wines from our certified organic and Biodynamic® estate vineyard (the Presidio Vineyard) located west of the Santa Rita Hills in Santa Barbara County.

Presidio has found that using chemical fertilizers leads to unbalanced wines with undesirable aromatics. In the Presidio Vineyard, organic and Biodynamic techniques are practiced using composts to create a healthy, more balanced soil, accentuating the desirable aromatics of the fruit.

Presidio designed a trellising system unique to Santa Barbara County that positions the vine closer to the ground to maximize the refracted heat reaching the grape cluster. Presidio utilizes a French training system known as “Guyot Simple”, a Burgundian model incorporating a 9-bud cane to restrict yields and featuring increased vine density. Unlike most California vineyards, the Presidio Vineyard is planted on a 3’ x 7’ spacing with a plant density of 2,074 vines per acre. Increased vine density creates root competition and higher quality ultra-premium fruit. Additionally, the orientation of the rows is north/south to maximize the photosynthetic process by the sun’s movement. Presidio strongly believes in matching varietals to their preferred climactic regions. The Presidio Vineyard’s cool climate is particularly well-suited for Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Chardonnay. Extensive research was required to discover the highest quality clones to produce the highest quality ultra-premium wines. This required Presidio to engage a French firm to assist them in acquiring the optimum clones.

To successfully execute the goal of producing high quality premium varietal wines, Presidio has held production standards in keeping with minimal manipulation and handling of the wine. For this reason, Presidio produces mostly unfiltered wines. There are essentially two reasons for filtration of wine. One is to prevent fermentation if a wine has residual sugar. The second is to prevent malo-lactic fermentation if a wine has residual malic acid. Other than these two reasons, filtration is done merely for beautification of the wine (to shine the apple, as it were). However, along with improving clarity, filtration also strips wine of aromatics and flavor constituents. All of our wines are made in this unfiltered style and are bottled straight from the barrel. These standards dictate minimal manipulation of the wines, aging in the highest quality French oak, and bottling unfined and unfiltered.

Presidio
(Solvang)
daily, 11am - 6pm
1603 Copenhagen Drive, #1, Solvang
(805) 966-9463
www.PresidoWinery.com
info@presidiowinery.com