Presqu’ile Vineyard is in the Santa Maria Valley AVA. The Murphy family bought the 200-acre property in 2007, and 77 acres are planted to vine. The vineyard sits in the hills about 16 miles from the Pacific, with sandy-loam Garey series soils, and is SIP certified.

Approaching opaque in the middle, violet to purple shows energetic. Aromatically delicious. Broad sweet meats exude black licorice, cracked peppercorn, blackberry bramble potpourri. Suave and buoyant, maritime essence is laced throughout blueberry preserves and black cherry evolving to sanguine minerality. A juicy front creates a broad intro, which resolves gracefully to a focused fresh finish.