/Mount Veeder/Mayacamas Vineyards
Mount Veeder
§ Mount Veeder· Napa ValleyAppointment Required
Mayacamas Vineyards.
A living fossil of Napa mountain winemaking—virtually unchanged since 1889.
Cabernet SauvignonChardonnayGravelEst. 1889★ Dimple pickAppointment Required
Organic Farming★ 4.6
Passport · Winery No. 042MountEst. 1889
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🏰 Historic Estate🌿 Wild Landscape⚡ Pioneer Spirit
Why it tastes like that.
§ TERROIR · SECTION 01§ The dirt
Gravel over Loam
Mayacamas is one of Napa's oldest continuously operating mountain wineries. Built in 1889 at 1,850 feet on Mount Veeder, its winemaking is almost anti-modern: concrete fermenters instead of stainless steel, large-format barrels instead of new French oak, minimal intervention, and extremely long bottle aging. In the 196…
Soil
GravelLoam
Elevation
906ft
Aspect
Mountain
Founded
1889
Farming
Organic Farming
Winemaking
concrete-tank · large-format-oak
What to pour.
§ WINES · SECTION 02§ Signature grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon
赤霞珠
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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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The Hess Collection
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Mount Veeder Winery
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Fontanella Family Winery
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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.