Branciforte Ridge Vineyard
Owners:
Ron & Kay Bailey
591 Branciforte Ridge
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
831 425-8206
Vineyard
Manager:
Rick Anzalone
408 206-2364
Physical
Data:
Variety:
Pinot Noir
Clones:
115 & 667
Rootstock:
3309C
Established:
Planted August 2000
Spacing:
5’ x 9’ (968 vines per acre)
Acreage:
2.24 acres (2165 total vines)
Trellis:
Vertical Shoot Position
Irrigation:
Permanent drip, 2 emitters per vine, 0.5 gal/hr each,
Fertigation capable
Terrior
Data:
Soil:
Nisene-Aptos complex sandy loam – formed residuum
derived from sandstone and shale.
Deep and well-drained.
Cimate:
Cool maritime, mean annual precipitation approx. 48 inches
Mean annual air temperature approx 55 degrees. Frost-free
with little fog
Elevation:
700 feet
Exposure:
Southeast facing hillside
Row Orientation:
Northeast-Southwest
Viticulture
Data:
Vine training:
Bi-lateral, spur-pruned.
Shoot-thinned to reduce density
Vineyard Floor:
Perennial cover crop of clover and fescue grass tilled annually.
Surface and subsoil cultivation practiced.
Canopy:
Shoots vertically positioned; basal leaves, lateral shoots and
growing tips removed to expose fruit zone and maintain a
single-leaf-layer canopy.
Fruit:
Crop thinned at veraison.
All second crop, damaged or
Substandard clusters removed.
Hand-harvested and sorted.
Farming Practices:
Sustainability and I.P.M. practiced.
Reduced-risk
fungicide program. Soil
conservation and erosion control
program.
Fruit Sold to:
Santa Cruz Mountains
Vineyard
Clos Tita
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Viticulture Association of the Santa Cruz Mountains
