Considered RAEN’s home estate, this site overlooks the Bodega Bay and is surrounded by redwoods, wildflowers, coastal oaks, and native grasses. Bursting with fragrant crimson clover and yellow grass in the winter and spring months, summer brings the Pacific fog that engulfs the vineyard in the early mornings, covering the fruit with a cool ocean mist. The fog recedes back in the late mornings, drenching the vines in afternoon sunlight and warmth ripening our fruit, allowing for wines of incredible balance and depth. 

This site, certified organic since 2022, acts as a wildlife rescue release site where a bobcat and family of foxes have made their home.

Two smaller, 0.9-acre lower blocks make up our single vineyard Bodega bottling, and the upper block becomes the backbone to our Royal St. Robert bottling. 

Our Fort Ross-Seaview wines grow in one of the most rugged reaches of the westerly Sonoma Coast, on a coastal ridge north of Jenner overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The proximity to the cool coast creates an environment where our grapes struggle to mature within the growing season. Vines sit just above the fog line, allowing for the sun’s late summer warmth to slowly achieve ripeness.

Our coastal cuvées capture the vibrant voice and personality of the true Sonoma Coast, characterized by the vines’ proximity to the cool Pacific Ocean, coastal breezes and summertime fog, with a great diversity of soil and elevation.