Twenty-eight acres and one old oak.
In 1998 Ruth and Daniel Marsh bought a dry hillside west of Paso Robles because of the hollow valley oak at the top of it. They planted six acres of Syrah that spring. Their daughter Elena makes the wine today.
A slow start, on purpose.
Nothing here happened quickly. Vines need a decade to find their feet, and so did we.
1998
Six acres of Syrah
Ruth and Daniel Marsh plant the Hillside block by hand, with a borrowed tractor and a lot of optimism.
2001
First crush in the barn
Four hundred cases of Syrah, fermented in open bins in the old red barn that is now our tasting room.
2009
Tomas Reyes joins
Our vineyard manager turns off the drip lines for good. Every block has been dry farmed since.
2014
The tasting room opens
The barn gets a long oak bar and a patio over the vines. The first guests are the neighbors.
2019
Elena takes the cellar
After harvests in Sonoma and the Rhone Valley, Elena Marsh comes home to make the wine.
2026
Six wines, 28 acres
Four blocks, six estate wines, a wine club and the same hollow oak at the top of the hill.
Four blocks, four personalities.
Calcareous shale and limestone, 1,400 feet up, with a Pacific breeze most afternoons. Each block is farmed and fermented on its own.
Creek Block
4 acres
Sauvignon Blanc
North-facing and foggy in the morning. Our coolest site keeps the whites bright.
Leave the hill better than we found it.
Dry farmed since 2009
No irrigation. Deep roots find water on their own and the wines taste more of the place.
The hands behind the wine.
Winemaker
Elena Marsh
Grew up on this hill, then learned her trade in Sonoma and the northern Rhone. She tastes every barrel every month and still does the punch-downs herself.
The best way to know us is a glass.
Elena or Tomas are around most Saturdays. Ask for them at the bar.