Youngberg Hill

Founded in 1989, Youngberg Hill aspires to create the very best wine from the grapes grown in each vintage; to allowing the expression of the vineyard and to express the terroir and the beauty of the vineyard to shine in each bottle of wine. We focus our attention on producing the highest quality of grapes possible, and then managing the fruit through the fermentation process for it to produce the finest wine it has to offer. By limiting yields and restrained barrel treatment, we are able to give the purest expression of our vineyard in producing our wines.

Wine is a wonderful gift from nature. The vine sends its roots deep into the living earth. They struggle in search of water and nutrients, in communion with the unseen but vital world of soil microbes. Above the ground, the vineyard teems with life. A large community of grasses, herbs, and wildflowers supports a complex array of insect life, and the vine, with its verdant canopy, sends out its flowers and produces a crop of grapes. The attentive grower watches over this process and almost feels the energy of life in the air, tending the vineyard sensitively and with a light hand.

During the warm days of summer the grapes ripen to the point that when the seasons begin to change and autumn is arriving, it is time to begin the harvest, not too soon and not too late. There is a time for everything. It is the winegrower’s job merely to bring out the potential, to let the story of this place- the vineyard- be told with clarity in the wine. In the cellar, the winegrower works sensitively, being careful not to do too much lest the fragile essence of terroir be lost. Leaving the wine to tell about its place is almost an act of faith. Finally, the wine is bottled. It tells a story, first of the place, and second of that year. It is unique. It is special. Wine, that wonderful gift of nature.