From one of the Russian River Valley’s most extreme sites, Bloomfield Vineyard lies within the wind-swept Petaluma Gap, a rugged corner of Sonoma County where grape growing pushes the limits. Once an old dairy farm, the property still carries echoes of its past, with rolling hills, oak trees bent sideways by constant winds, and raptors soaring overhead. Here, foggy mornings, blustery afternoons, and consistently cooler temperatures create a long, slow growing season that yields fruit of striking intensity and natural acidity. Planted in sandy loam soils over sandstone and farmed sustainably, this low-yielding vineyard—often producing just a ton per acre—delivers Chardonnay that captures the precision, freshness, and tension that define cool-climate Russian River Valley wines.