PLANTED 2003-PRESENT

Corfu Crossing

Corfu Crossing is home to some of our oldest vineyard plantings on the Royal Slope. Sustainably farmed on the Frenchman Hills near our Scarline and La Reyna Blanca sites, it ranges up to 1,675 feet in elevation with a south-facing slope.

CLONES

  • Albariño: 1

  • Chardonnay: 15

  • Chenin Blanc: 982

  • Grenache: 3, Tablas Creek

  • Grenache Blanc: 1

  • Nebbiolo: 1

  • Pinot Gris: 1, 9

  • Riesling: 2, 9, 12, 90

  • Roussanne: Tablas Creek

  • Sangiovese: 12

  • Sauvignon Blanc: 20, 27, Gist

  • Verdejo: 1

  • Vermentino: 776

  • Viognier: 1

SOIL TYPE
Adkins very fine sandy loam and Taunton silt loam at a depth of 12-24 inches on top of fractured basalt

ELEVATION
1,365-1,675 ft

SPACING
8' x 4', 7' x 4' off-axis

ACRES
107

harvest data

About the name:
Corfu Crossing takes its name from an old hillside trail early settlers used to reach water during dry parts of the year. The trail led to the small community of Corfu—now a ghost town—just south of the Royal Slope.

Vineyard rows in a valley with distant hills under a partly cloudy sky at sunset.
Close-up of a worker harvesting dark purple grapes from a vine, wearing protective gloves, a cap, and a colorful face mask, in a vineyard during daytime.
Rows of grapevines in a vineyard supported by wooden posts and wire trellises under a cloudy sky.
Close-up of a grapevine with green leaves and young shoots, supported by a wire trellis in a vineyard.