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2027 vintage · Crews enrolling

Santa Cruz Mountains Estate

Santa Cruz Mountains · California · USA · from $475

The wines

3 wines enrolling in Santa Cruz Mountains.

Each is one lot, made in one vessel. The winemaker designs the style; the calls inside it are yours.

Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

85% Cabernet Sauvignon · 10% Merlot · 5% Cabernet Franc

A mountain Santa Cruz Cabernet is structured and age-worthy, with cassis and black cherry over bay leaf, graphite, and cedar and firm tannins.

cassisblack cherrybay leafgraphitecedar
LightFull
Pairs with
grilled ribeye, venison, aged Gouda
Serve
Serve 17-18°C; decant 90 minutes for the firm mountain tannins.
Cellar
Age-worthy; hold 5-8 years and drink across the next two decades.

$130/vine · 1.5 btl/vine

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Estate Pinot Noir

Estate Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

An estate Santa Cruz Pinot Noir is concentrated and savory, with black cherry and pomegranate over an earthy, spicy depth and fine tannins.

black cherrypomegranateforest floorspicefine tannin
LightFull
Pairs with
duck breast, wild mushroom risotto, grilled salmon
Serve
Serve 15-16°C; a short decant opens the concentrated fruit.
Cellar
Savory young; rewards 5-10 years.

$115/vine · 1.6 btl/vine

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Ridge Chardonnay

Ridge Chardonnay

Chardonnay

A ridge Chardonnay here is mineral and structured, with lemon and yellow apple over a stony, nutty depth and firm acidity.

lemonyellow applewet stonehazelnutfirm acidity
LightFull
Pairs with
roast chicken, lobster, seared scallops
Serve
Serve at 11-13°C in a wide glass to show the structure.
Cellar
Drinks well on release; the mineral style holds 5-8 years.

$95/vine · 1.7 btl/vine

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What you receive

A year of the vintage, in your hands.

Samples all season

01

Samples all season

Verijuice, post-ferment, barrel, and finished wine — shipped as the vintage takes shape.

A vote at every fork

02

A vote at every fork

Pick date, oak, and where the blend lands. The winemaker lays out the options; you choose.

Watch it live

03

Watch it live

Livestream access to harvest at dawn, the cellar, and bottling day, from anywhere.

Your bottles at release

04

Your bottles at release

Allocated pro-rata to your vines, with your Crew's name on the back label.

Vine to bottle

You’re there for the whole year.

We farm the vineyard every month of it. The filled stops are where a call comes to you: in a Crew you vote on it with the other members; on a whole-block lease it’s yours alone.

A full vintage, month by month →

  1. Jan

    Dormant pruning

    Dormant pruning

    Cane counts set the size of the crop.

  2. Feb

    Cane tying

    Cane tying

  3. Mar

    Bud break

    Bud break

  4. Apr

    Shoots grow

    Shoots grow

  5. May

    Flowering

    Flowering

  6. Jun

    Fruit set

    Fruit set

  7. Jul

    Canopy

    Canopy

  8. Aug

    Véraison

    Véraison

    A verijuice sample ships to you.

  9. Sep

    Harvest

    Harvest

    Your call · Pick date

    The winemaker brings the ripeness numbers and the forecast. Pick now, or wait.

  10. Oct

    Cap punch

    Cap punch

    A post-ferment sample ships to you. On a whole-block lease, fermentation is your call too.

  11. Nov

    Barrel down

    Barrel down

    Your call · Oak

    How much new wood, and how long the wine spends in barrel.

  12. Dec

    Barrel samples

    Barrel samples

    A barrel sample ships to you.

  13. Then

    Blend & bottle

    Blend & bottle

    Your call · The blend

    Where the final wine lands inside the winemaker's range — then bottling day.

Swipe through the year →

The place

Why the wine tastes like Santa Cruz Mountains.

Region
Santa Cruz Mountains, California, USA
Soil
Franciscan shale, sandstone, and decomposed granite
Climate
Mountain microclimates above the fog, ocean-cooled on the seaward side
Elevation
400–800 m
Wines enrolling
3 Crew lots
Santa Cruz Mountains, California, USA

Follow the season

The Santa Cruz Mountains growing year, by the numbers.

Weather is live and real, updated hourly. The season curve is typical for this region’s latitude and climate, replaced by your Crew’s readings once farming begins.

Live at the vineyard · updated hourly
22°Clear

26% humidity · wind 6 km/h

682 growing degree days · last 90 days

Last 14 days · high / low °C

7-day forecast

Sat

33°

20°

Clear

Sun

27°

12°

Clear

Mon

18°

6°

Overc

Tue

19°

5°

30%

Wed

18°

8°

47%

Thu

17°

8°

Light

Fri

20°

8°

Clear

Hemisphere

Right now

Harvest

Target ripeness

BarrelLogic · vintage feed
Example

  • Pick called for dawn — fruit sampling at 20° Brix

    3h ago

  • First bins in the cellar; cold soak started on the home block

    8h ago

  • Crew vote open: whole-cluster fraction for the top lot

    Yesterday

  • Juice numbers logged — pH 3.4, TA on target

    Yesterday

  • Members invited to watch crush, live from the cellar

    2 days ago

Example activity. Your Crew’s feed from Santa Cruz Mountains appears here once the vintage begins.

BarrelLogic

Season progress

Typical · Apr–Oct

Bud breakAprFloweringJunFruit setJulVéraisonAugHarvestOctDormantYou are here

Typical ripeness

Typical · véraison to harvest

12°18°24°~20°BrixVéraisonHarvest

Beyond the bottle

Your vintage, end to end.

Lease it here, follow and steer it in BarrelLogic, and taste the wider world at BarrelTaster. Three sites, one vintage.

  1. 01 · Lease it

    SplitVineyards

    Your own vineyard. Without the work.

    Your vines in Santa Cruz Mountains and the wine they make — a few by the vine, or the whole block.

    You're here

  2. 02 · Follow & decide it

    BarrelLogic

    The operating system for modern winemakers.

    Track your vintage from bud break to barrel — ripeness, the cellar, samples, and every winemaking vote — in the winery's operating system.

    Visit BarrelLogic

  3. 03 · Taste first

    BarrelTaster

    The tasting room of the world.

    Not ready to commit to a vintage? Taste finished wines from around the world first.

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Tell us what you'd want

Want something else from Santa Cruz Mountains?

The wines above are open now, by the vine or as a whole-block lease. If you'd rather buy finished bottles or visit, say so. When enough people ask, we take that demand to the region's wineries — and you'll be the first to hear what they say.

Buy with confidence

Owning a vintage, without the worry.

This listing opens with the 2027 vintage. Questions about delivery, timing, or how a season runs where you live? Ask before you commit.

Talk to us first

  • Guest checkout

    No account until you pay. We create it from your email so you can follow your vines.

  • Secure checkout

    Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card details.

  • We farm it

    Pruning, canopy, harvest and the cellar work are done for you. The winemaking calls come to you.

  • Real provenance

    Your bottles are tied to your vines, with your Crew's name on the back label. Lease the whole block and your own name goes on it.

  • A deposit, then the lease

    A $500 deposit holds a whole-block lease while the winery confirms the yearly price and the three-year terms with you. It's fully refundable from your account until you sign.

  • Ships within the US

    To most states. Outside the US: storage, pickup at the estate, or a US address.

Questions

What people ask first.

Every question, answered →

No — check out as a guest. We create your account after you pay so you can follow your vines and manage shipments.

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Make the Santa Cruz Mountains vintage yours.

Buy a few vines or lease the whole block — no account needed until checkout. We farm it; you make the calls, and the wine is yours.

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