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Los Carneros
§ Los Carneros· Napa ValleyReservation Recommended
Domaine Carneros.
Champagne house Taittinger's Napa château—a temple of sparkling wine.
Pinot NoirChardonnayClayEst. 1987Reservation Recommended
Sustainable Farming★ 4.3
Passport · Winery No. 038LosEst. 1987
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🏛 Architectural Gem🌏 East Meets West
Why it tastes like that.
§ TERROIR · SECTION 01§ The dirt
Clay over Loam
In 1987, Claude Taittinger of the famous Champagne house chose the cool, fog-swept Carneros region to build his American sparkling wine dream. The winery, modeled after the Château de la Marquetterie in Champagne, is a stunning French château perched on a hillside at Napa Valley's southern tip, overlooking rolling vine…
Soil
ClayLoam
Elevation
154ft
Aspect
Valley Floor
Founded
1987
Farming
Sustainable Farming
Winemaking
traditional-method · french-oak
What to pour.
§ WINES · SECTION 02§ Signature grapes
Pinot Noir
黑皮诺
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Chardonnay
霞多丽
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§ Flavor fingerprint
The room you'll walk into
Weighted toward dark fruit + tannin. Fingerprint is inferred from the terroir + tasting history — not a critic score.
The people behind it.
§ PEOPLE · SECTION 03§ After here, try…
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HdV
Los Carneros · Chardonnay
B
Bouchaine Vineyards
Los Carneros · Pinot Noir
E
Etude Wines
Los Carneros · Pinot Noir
D
Dimple · whisper
Skip the welcome pour.
Ask for the signature wine first while your palate is fresh — it'll read cleaner than any welcome pour.