Soberanes Vineyard

Sharing a fence with the renowned Garys’ Vineyard, the Soberanes vineyard was planted by the Pisoni and Franscioni families as well, in 2006. The name, “Soberanes,” is a tribute to Jose Maria Soberanes, who in the late 1700’s marched from Mexico to Monterey Bay with the famed Portold expedition and camped on the flat plain at the base of the Santa Lucia Mountains that much (much) later became the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA. Studded with live oaks, the rows are planted north-south giving a different exposure than Garys’ Vineyard to winds that roar through the Salinas Valley and also a different exposure to the sun.