The Red Hen Merlot Vineyard, along Dry Creek, is at the top of the creek’s alluvial fan. The vines have meager yields, producing barely over a ton of intense and concentrated fruit per acre. In the mouth of the Dry Creek canyon, upstream from the Red Hen, the Meadowbrook Cabernet Sauvignon receives the nightly air current off Mt. Veeder. The vineyard sits on old creek deposits, and the spots selected for harvest are on shallow clay with coarse sand over dry cobbles and silt. The Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot are grown on the Matthiasson Vineyard. Malbec comes from one of Steve’s clients in St. Helena.