The differences in wine quality between one plot of land and another have been observed for centuries in France. In Burgundy the highest vineyard classification is Grand Cru, and the name of the vineyard, Bonnes-Mares for example, will appear on the wine label even more prominently than the producer's name, showing the economic value of the vineyard's identity. All three Pinots we produce, our inexpensive Anderson Valley bottling, the food-friendly Méthode à l'Ancienne cuvée and this wine, our complex Deep End Blend, come from a single vineyard, namely Navarro. However, within Navarro we have twenty-nine different blocks of Pinot Noir in our Philo vineyards alone, and many blocks are further divided by trellis or canopy management;

---