The wine is a blend of 66% Pinot Noir from the Balestra Vineyard in Salinas. The vineyard is just 18 miles from the ocean, northwest of Saint Lucia Highland. The Pinot Meunier, which accounts for 34% of the blend, is from the Van der Kamp Vineyard on Sonoma Mountain. The vineyard was planted in the early 1950s. The resulting wine reveals wild strawberries, peach, raspberry and citrus.