Pinot Noir,written by the fog.
We came for the wind and stayed for the cold.
The Sta. Rita Hills sit in one of the few valleys on the West Coast that runs east to west, so the Pacific pours straight in. Fog lies in the rows until nearly noon, the wind arrives every afternoon, and the grapes take their time.
Tomás Reyes planted the first vines here in 2011 and sold the fruit for years. In 2018 his son Joaquín came home to farm, Mara came with him from a cellar job in Burgundy, and in 2019 they kept the grapes and made the first Larrow wines in a borrowed corner of a friend's cellar in Lompoc.
Today Joaquín farms all 22 acres by hand, without herbicides, and Mara makes the wine in the small barrel room they built on the hill in 2023. When a wine is gone, it is gone until the next vintage.
A 28 degree swing in a single day. The cold mornings keep the acid, the afternoon sun ripens the skins, and the wind thickens them. It is why our Pinot tastes of orange peel and sea spray, not jam.
Five wines, one cold slope.
Every bottle comes from our own 22 acres. Choose one to read Mara's notes, then hold bottles for pickup or shipping.
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Members save 15 to 20 percent. Adult signature, 21 or over, required on delivery.
Block 1, first light- Aug 29Block 2 Chardonnay, first pick 5:10 am. Fog until eleven.
- Sep 9Block 3 for rosé. Pressed whole cluster by noon.
- Sep 18Blocks 1 and 5 for the Estate Pinot. Wind in at 1:30.
- Oct 3Block 6 Syrah, 60% whole cluster. Smells of violets.
- Oct 14Block 4, last pick. Tiny berries, thick skins. Quiet for two years, then it will talk.
- Oct 15Everything in barrel. Slept. M.
Picked at dawn, by hand, a block at a time. Then we wait.
Six blocks, each its own weather.
The dashed line is the fog line at 940 feet. Below it, the mornings are cold and grey. Choose a block to see what grows there.
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Two boxes a year, before anyone else.
Members get first claim on every release in March and September, including the Fog Line, which rarely reaches the public list. Build your allocation and we will hold a place for you.
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- Seated tastings for up to four, on us
- First claim on the Fog Line and library wines
- Two seats held at each September harvest table
Members must be 21 or older. Adult signature required. We ship to most states; skip or change a shipment any time.
Come early. Watch the fog lift.
We pour at one long table on the hill, Thursday to Monday, about fifteen minutes from Buellton on Santa Rosa Road. Directions arrive with your booking.
“We booked the seated tasting for an hour and stayed three. The fog came off the hill right as Mara poured the Fog Line.”
“It tastes like the place smells in the morning. Salt, orange peel, wet earth. I have never had a California Pinot like it.”
“Joaquín walked us through Block 4 in the cold and then handed us a glass from the barrel. Worth the drive from LA twice over.”