Marimar Estate - Dona Margarita Vineyard , Sonoma, Pinot Noir

<html> <HEAD> <title></title> </HEAD> <body> <H1>About Us</h1> <h2>Dona Margarita Vineyard</h2> <h2>Marimar Estate</h2> <h3>Doña Margarita Vineyard</h3> Vineyard Name : After family matriarch, Margarita Riera de Torres. Location : Sonoma Coast Appellation of Origin, on the Bohemian Highway, between Freestone and Occidental – seven miles from the Pacific Ocean. Climate : Very cool microclimate, classified as Region 1. The ocean fog provides cool nights, but days are warm as the vineyard is usually above the fog line. Exposure: Long stretch of gently sloping topography, facing southwest. Vineyard altitude: 625 feet at highest elevation, 435 feet at lowest (275 feet at bottom of property). Total Property: 180 acres (about 60 acres plantable). Current and Future Planting: 12 acres in 2002, and 8 additional acres in 2005. Variety/Clones Planted: Pinot Noir. Seven acres Pommard, five acres Dijon 115. Rootstock: 101-14, of low vigor and ideal for sandy loam soils. Soil : Perfect combination of a thin layer of sandy loam (Goldridge series) of volcanic origin and marine sediment over fractured Sandstone subsoil. Sandstone, a formation from an ancient seabed, has the ability to hold moisture because of its porosity but still imparts superb drainage, ideal for Pinot Noir. Wildlife : The property is home to an abundance of wildlife, including coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, deer, wild turkeys, jack rabbits, eagles, and red tail hawks. Trees: Several acres of a conservation easement will remain wild and protected from any development. Species include groves of redwood, fir, oak, madrone, pine and bay. The estate has hundreds of redwoods amidst a wild forest that will remain untouched; the vineyard has been laid out with ecological sensitivity, bordering the beautiful trees. Watershed: Several creeks throughout the property feed into the Salmon Creek -- which eventually empties in the Pacific Ocean – home to steelhead and other species of fish. Landscape: The rugged terrain of Sonoma’s West County, with its gullies, gorges, creeks and meadows, provides some of the most unique scenery in the world. And from the top of the vineyard there is a spectacular view over this classic landscape of California wilderness. <H2>MARIMAR ESTATE</H2> <h3>Torres Family Vineyards</h3> <a href="biography.php">About Us - Biography</a> <a href="history.php">About Us - History</a> <a href="organic_farming.php">About Us - Organic Farming</a> <a href="don_miguel_vineyard.php">About Us - Don Miguel Vineyard</a> <a href="dona_margarita_vineyard.php">About Us - Dona Margarita_Vineyard</a> <a href="don_miguel_vineyard_pinot_noir.php">Our Wines - 2001 Don Miguel Vineyard Pinot Noir</a> <a href="cristina_selection_pinot_noir.php">Our Wines - 2002 "Cristina Selection" Pinot Noir</a> <a href="don_miguel_vineyard_chardonnay.php">Our Wines - 2001 Don Miguel Vineyard Chardonnay</a> <a href="chardonnay_dobles_lias.php">Our Wines - 2002 Chardonnay "Dobles Lias"</a> <a href="club_marimar.php">Club Marimar - Club Marimar</a> <a href="join_now.php">Club Marimar - Join Now</a> <a href="visit_the_winery.php">Visit The Winery</a> <a href="country_kitchen.php">Marimar Cookbooks - Catalan Country Kitchen</a> <a href="spanish_table.php">Marimar Cookbooks - Spanish Table</a> <a href="spanish_table.php">Marimar Cookbooks - Marimar's Favorite Catalan Menu</a> <a href="news_and_events.php">Vineyards News</a> <a href="events.php">Upcoming Events</a> <a href="us_distributor_list.php">Find OUR Wines - US Distributor List</a> <a href="where_to_find_our_wines.php">Find OUR Wines - Where To Find Our Wines</a> <a href="wine_trade.php">Wine Trade</a> <a href="contact.php">Contact Us</a> <a href="salmon_creek_stables.php">Salmon Creek Stables</a> <a href="http://www.pfv.org/">Primum Familiae Vini</a> <a href="http://www.torres.es/">Torres</a> <a href="http://www.vinium.com/">Creation Vinium Business & Design</a></body> </html>