Winery Story

In 1982, Robb Talbott began planting Diamond T Vineyard on a mountaintop near Carmel Valley. Many people said the steep, exposed site with i... (more...)ts massive shale boulders was “too cold, too difficult to plant and too challenging to grow on.” But Robb had a vision he held on to as he prepared the cliff-side vineyard by hand, breaking apart its boulders with a 12-pound sledgehammer. His vision was to found a winery that would produce the finest Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs. To achieve this goal, Robb established Monterey’s most esteemed estate program, featuring two of the world’s great vineyards: Sleepy Hollow Vineyard in the Santa Lucia Highlands and Diamond T in Monterey.