The roughly 9,800-acre Boekenoogen Carmel Valley Ranch has been sold for $26 million.
The ranch covers the Palo Escrito Peak in the Santa Lucia Mountain Range. Overlooking Carmel Valley and Salinas Valley, the property boasts "unparalleled privacy” and access to golf and upscale shopping and restaurants in Carmel and Pebble Beach, its listing says.
The brokerage California Outdoor Properties announced the sale Nov. 1.
“It's just an exciting property,” says one of the California Outdoor Properties real estate agents, Donna Utterback, regarding the sale. “Just the beauty, standing up on that peak was pretty thrilling.”
The ranch belonged to Boekenoogen Partners, the company behind Boekenoogen Vineyards and Winery, according to Monterey County Assessor records.
The sprawling ranch property includes a 3,000-square-foot home with four bedrooms and two bathrooms, 200-400 pairs of cattle, a private vineyard, trails and wilderness for hunting and horseback rides.
Monterey County Assessor's records still reflect that land within the ranch is owned by Boekenoogen Partners, which Utterback confirmed is no longer the case. She declined to share who the new owners were.
According to Utterback, the property was on the market for about four years. She says the buyers were taking the time to do their due diligence and secure their funding.
The Boekenoogen's wines came to acclaim after John Boekenoogen converted the family's cattle ranch into a vineyard in 1997, and planted pinot noir and chardonnay. After he died in 2019, his son Garrett Boekenoogen oversaw the business.
Boekenoogen's Santa Lucia Highlands vineyard in Soledad was sold in 2025 to Joe Durham, operating it as Durham Vineyard. The Soledad vineyard is a separate property from the recently sold ranch.
The Boekenoogens also operated a wine tasting room and inventory in Carmel Valley, which was bought by McIntyre Family Wines in 2024.