TERROIR IS THE HEART, SOUL AND STORY OF CLOUDS REST.

SONOMA MOUNTAIN IS ONE CREATION'S MOST ENCHANTING SECRETS. NATIVE AMERICANS LIVED, HUNTED AND FISHED HERE ALONG ADOBE CREEK. OUR PINOT NOIR VINEYARD WAS ONCE PART OF THE SPANISH LANDS GRANTED TO MARIANO VALLEJO. WHEN THE CLOUDS DRIFT THROUGH THE PETALUMA GAP INTO THE VALLEY FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN, THEY FORM A BILLOWY BLANKET JUST BELOW THE VINEYARD FENCE WHERE THE CLOUDS SLEEP AND REST AT NIGHT.

THIS LAND IS CLOUDS REST AND TODAY SITS IN THE RENOWNED SONOMA COAST APPELLATION OF SONOMA COUNTY CALIFORNIA. WE CALL THIS SAME LAND OUR HOME. IN 1999 FULFILLING A LIFELONG DREAM, FOLLOWING OUR PASSION FOR GREAT PINOT NOIR AND DARED BY THE DEVIL TO SUCCEED WE RIPPED THE VIRGIN GROUND TO 6' DEEP AND STARTED PICKING UP THE ANCIENT ROCKS TO PLANT PINOT NOIR.

THE CLOUDS REST VINEYARD IS SITUATED AT A LOFTY 1250' ON SONOMA MOUNTAIN IN THE HEART OF THE SONOMA COAST APPLELLATION. PLANTED IN UNIQUE VOLCANIC SOIL ON THE ROCKY HILLSIDES, OUR GRAPES RIPEN WITH WARM DAYS AND COOL EVENING OCEAN BREEZES THAT WHEN COMBINED CREATE THE UNIQUE ALLURING TERROIR OF CLOUDS REST PINOT NOIR. THIS IS THE MOST INTENSELY PLANTED VINEYARD IN THE SONOMA COAST AVA AND THE MOST DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE TO FARM. 100% OF OUR FARMING IS DONE BY HAND. WE HAVE 10,000+ VINES PLANTED HIGH DENSITY 36" X 36" OF THE FINEST PINOT NOIR CLONES SELECTED BLOCK BY BLOCK TO RIPEN TOGETHER CREATING THE CONSISTENT, RICH AND SEDUCTIVE FLAVORS OF OUR WINE. STRUGGLE IS THE NAME OF THE GAME IN PRODUCING THE FINEST PINOT NOIR.

OUR VINES STRUGGLE IN COMPETITION EACH YEAR TO PRODUCE THE DESIRED TINY, THIN SKINNED BERRIES OF UNIFORM PURPLE-BLACK CLUSTERS. THIS TRUE BURGUNDIAN STYLE PINOT NOIR IS AGED 18-22 MONTHS IN THE FINEST IMPORTED FRENCH OAK COOPERAGE. THE MINERAL FLAVORS FROM OUR WATER AND SOIL INFUSE INTO THE GRAPES THROUGH A LONG SLOW HANGING TIME AND COMBINED WITH THAT YEARS' WEATHER IS THE TERROIR OF CLOUDS REST. THIS METAMORPHOSIS OF THE WINES COMPLEX ELEMENTS TAKES PLACE OVER 3 YEARS IN THE BOTTLE GUARANTYING THE PROVOCATIVE RICHNESS AND CONSISTENCY FOUND IN EVERY VINTAGE. CLOUDS REST WINERY IS A BOUTIQUE WINERY WHERE OUR WINE HAS BEEN PAMPERED BY US AND READY FOR YOU NOW. ENJOY! MAKE A GREAT MEMORY!