About Minassian-Young Vineyard
Minassian-Young farms one of the west side's genuine old-vine treasures: a dry-farmed, head-trained Zinfandel vineyard on a Peachy Canyon Road ridge, planted decades before winemaker David Young arrived and now well past forty years old. Young, raised on a San Diego family apple orchard and trained in viticulture at Cal Poly after northern California cellar work, opened the big wine barn tasting room in 2005 and joined the Far Out Wineries, the west side's self-mocking collective of remote, character-first producers.
The estate added Syrah, Mourvedre and Counoise plantings, first harvested in 2008, and production stays around a few thousand cases of what the house now calls dry-farmed, unapologetic Zinfandel and red blends, old-world made, honestly priced. The ridge-top tasting room looks across head-pruned vines and walnut trees to the Santa Lucias, with resident chickens and cats patrolling the grounds. It is far-out Paso in the original sense: remote, personal and worth the drive.
David Young's ridge-top barn of dry-farmed, head-trained old-vine Zin, unapologetic and far out in the original west-side sense.
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Old vines, no water,the head-trained Zinfandel has been dry-farmed on the Peachy Canyon ridge for over four decades.
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An orchard kid,David Young grew up on a family apple orchard before Cal Poly viticulture.
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Far Out original,the winery joined the west side's remote-producer collective from its 2005 opening.
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Unapologetic Zin,the house description says it all; honest pricing seals it.
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Chickens on patrol,the ridge-top barn keeps working-farm charm, Santa Lucia views included.
"David Young's ridge-top barn of dry-farmed, head-trained old-vine Zin, unapologetic and far out in the original west-side sense."
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