Looking to secure a mirror-image sister ranch to 3-D, we began working
with the Machado family in the winter of 2008. Our fifteen-acre parcel
on their land is located adjacent to Clos Pepe and immediately behind
the recently-planted Kessler-Haak vineyard. The site is marked by a gorgeous
rolling terrain with sandy clay loam soils.
At Machado, the majority of the planting is dedicated to pinot noir
with equal amounts of such selections as Pommard, Merry Edwards, Mount
Eden and 459. In addition to pinot noir, we also planted a small, two-acre
plot in the sandiest portion of the field to the Sweeney Canyon selection
of chardonnay.
