Est. 1992

Vineyard History

Kings Mountain Vineyards is committed to producing premium, hand-crafted, French style Pinot Noir from estate grown fruit. Located in the northern part of the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA in the town of Woodside, within one of the coolest wine growing regions in California with clay soils and hardscrabble that are ideal for growing grapes.

 The vineyard at Kings Mountain was planted in 1992 on a private estate that has existed since the late 1800’s. The vineyard consists of 520 vines on a quadrilateral cordon-trained, spur-pruned system, on an open lyre trellis and is just over one planted acre. The vines are dry farmed, hand maintained and harvested, allowing us to ensure the highest quality of the fruit.

 Kings Mountain practices sustainable agriculture to help reduce energy and water use, minimize the use of pesticides, build a healthy soil, protect air and water quality, and maintain surrounding wildlife habitat.

 Each wine is produced in small lots and is field blended, unfined and unfiltered, aged in Francois Freres French oak, with a total limited production of less than 400 cases per year.