St. Supéry’s most recent vineyard acquisition, Hardester Ranch, which was purchased in May of 1999. Its location is very close to our Dollarhide, in the Pope Valley, northeast of Rutherford.

We prepared the land in late '99 and planted 96 acres of beautiful valley floor soil in April. At Hardester there is a deep, long, cool valley of approximately 35 acres ideal for high quality Sauvignon Blanc. The remaining 76 acres were planted in Spring 2001.

This vineyard will be offer fruit that is a perfect complement to the Dollarhide and Rutherford grapes. Its proximity to Mount St. Helena gives deep, gravelly clay loam soil that is very uniform and drains well. Perfect for great Cabernet! And the terrain is quite different from Dollarhide, a fact that pleases our winemaker Michael, as he will soon have an even wider array of grapes to blend into our finished wines.