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Coombsville
§ Coombsville· Napa ValleyAppointment Required
Palmaz Vineyards.
An 18-story underground wine cave—Napa Valley's most astonishing engineering marvel.
Cabernet SauvignonMerlotLoamEst. 1997★ Dimple pickAppointment Required
Sustainable Farming★ 4.8
Passport · Winery No. 052CoombsvilleEst. 1997
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🏛 Architectural Gem🎨 Design Forward💎 Hidden Gem
Why it tastes like that.
§ TERROIR · SECTION 01§ The dirt
Loam
Julio Palmaz is no ordinary winery owner—he's the medical inventor who created the coronary stent (the Palmaz Stent), saving millions of lives worldwide. In retirement, he brought the same engineering mindset to wine. He carved an astonishing 18-story underground cave system into the Coombsville hillside—one of America…
Soil
Loam
Elevation
229ft
Aspect
Hillside
Founded
1997
Farming
Sustainable Farming
Winemaking
gravity-flow · french-oak
What to pour.
§ WINES · SECTION 02§ Signature grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon
赤霞珠
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Merlot
梅洛
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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…
F
Favia
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F
Farella Vineyard
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B
Black Stallion Estate Winery
Coombsville · Cabernet Sauvignon
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.