Vocal Vineyards 7 Items

Vöcal came to life in 2012 when the Lilo Vineyard Pinot Noir became available. Ian Brand and Ted Glennon had been conspiring to do something together, neither of them knew what, but something... 2013 their first harvest in Lilo was almost perfect, beautiful fruit: character, structure and tension. In 2014 Richard Alfaro generously asked them to participate in the first harvest of the new planting of Grüner Veltliner in his Vineyard also in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Today they also produce Cabernet and Gros Verdot from the historic Bates Ranch and Enz Vineyards respectively. Vöcal is about the natural tension in the vineyard between grape and ground, the sun and rain, and the hand of man. Each contribution is important. Ted and Ian believe in a thoughtful dialogue in place of dogma when it comes to making the wines. These are vineyards influenced by the Monterey Bay. A deep sea trench that is a feature of the geological event that shaped the Salinas valley and the Santa Cruz Mtn Range, resulting in cold upwelling of water - fog and wind is abundant in a region statistically a desert due to low average rainfall. Wonderful conditions for agriculture in the flats of the valley floor, and brilliant for viticulture in the bench land and mountain sites of the coastal ranges; this is the voice behind Vöcal.