Tyler boasts the great fortune of working with the oldest vines in the Santa Rita Hills. Planted to a selection of cuttings from 1971 from the famed Mt. Eden vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains, their Pinot Noir parcel sits just below their block of chardonnay in very well-drained but deep chert/shale soils above chalk. This 45+ year old parcel planted by Richard Sanford and Michael Benedict routinely produces the most complex, pure and ethereal pinot noir in their range, and their wild, original rooted Chardonnay is always the most mineral and sea influenced wine that they produce.