Marc Rafael manages this property on the foothills of the Mayacamas range in the Oak Knoll District. A former cattle ranch, it lies tucked away in a southwest corner of Napa Valley with 25 acres of vines growing mostly at 400 to 500-feet above sea level on the rolling hilltops—the flanks frequently being too steep—of the 50-acre property. The vines are Cabernet save for two acres of Chardonnay. This site is relatively cool, strongly influenced by its proximity to the San Pablo Bay, and Marc tries to maintain a lowkey, more elegant style of Napa Cab that his corner of the valley permits—the style that made Napa famous and captivated his parents in the 1970s, and that is all but bygone today.
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Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Grown Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley