About Laurel Glen Vineyard
Laurel Glen's Sonoma Mountain slope was first planted to mixed reds by German immigrants in the 1880s and replanted to Cabernet Sauvignon in 1968 by Carmen Taylor, whose grapes went to Chateau St. Jean and anchored Kenwood's Artist Series before Patrick Campbell bought the three-acre parcel in 1977. Campbell propagated cuttings from those vines into the modern vineyard, and his 1981 debut Sonoma Mountain Cabernet was quickly recognized among California's great Cabernets, grown above the fog line at over 800 feet with eastern exposure and rocky volcanic soils; the estate's proprietary Laurel Glen clone is certified as unique by UC Davis.
After his 30th vintage, Campbell sold in 2011 to a group led by Bettina Sichel, fifth generation of the Bordeaux-and-Germany Sichel wine family, daughter of Peter M.F. Sichel who made Blue Nun a household name, and the launch marketing force behind Napa's Quintessa. Sichel enlisted famed organic viticulturist Phil Coturri, earning CCOF organic certification in 2014, and refocused the 14-acre, all-Cabernet estate on two wines: the age-built Laurel Glen Vineyard and its more forward Counterpoint selection.
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