Hilltop

The majority of the fruit for the 2020 Hilltop vintage was grown on the J. Lohr Shotwell Vineyard, located within the cool Templeton Gap-influenced El Pomar District of Paso Robles. Twelve percent was from our Beck Vineyard, uniquely located at a 1,700 foot elevation in the Creston District. The balance of the blend was from our J. Lohr properties in the mountainous Adelaida District. Our Paso Robles vineyards are blessed with long summer days of intense sunshine; the near 100°F daytime temperatures in summertime are followed by chilly, ocean-cooled nights in the 50s. The Cabernet vines are naturally stressed in the dry, often very gravelly, and sometimes lime shale-laden soils. Water is at a premium in these vineyards, enabling the viticulturist to fine-tune pruning and irrigation to achieve dark fruit with resolved tannins year after year.