Paicines Ranch Vineyard
AVA: Paicines

Year Planted: 2017
Acres: 12.5 total planted
Varietals: Grenache, Assyrtiko, Verdejo
Elevation: 850 ft
Soil: Silty clay
Farming: Certified Organic & Regenerative

Paicines Ranch Vineyard is located in San Benito County in the Paicines sub-AVA. Vineyard manager Kelly Mulville was invited to join the Paicines Ranch team in 2014 to begin vineyard design on a 25 acre site that included the use of year-round sheep grazing in the vineyard with the goal of improved soil health and diversity. When Kelly joined the team he employed the use of high stock density grazing by sheep and cattle from 2014 until the first round of planting in 2017. Site preparations required installation of a newly designed high trellis system which ensures that the sheep are not able to reach any of the leaves or grapes during year-round grazing.
Vintage 2021 was the very first harvest from the Paicines Ranch Vineyard, and I feel very lucky that I was given the opportunity to purchase all of the fruit from the first year.