St. Helena Winery

St. Helena Winery

Saint Helena Winery is a small, private winery specializing in estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignons. The winery was founded in 2000, and is situated in the St. Helena appellation of Napa Valley. Winemaker Aaron Pott and Elizabeth Tangney guide the creation of three estate Cabernets and one Sonoma Mountain Chardonnay.

The estate is not open to the public, rather by invitation only. This is a working vineyard and winery in a serene country setting with accommodations for a relaxing wine tasting in the estate house, or on the veranda overlooking the Valley floor and Mayacamas Mountain range.

The winery was founded with the 2000 vintage of Sympa Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, with one barrel only made by winemaker Mark Herrold.  The winery estate is near the historical center of Napa Valley winemaking, adjacent to the properties of early vintners Charles Krug and Jacob Beringer. The founding family purchased the twenty acre vineyard estate in 1994 and proceeded to build a home followed by the winery and guest cottages. They sold fruit to notable neighbors including Opus One and Quintessa and slowly made more wines under the Saint Helena Winery label. Today we make fewer than 1,500 cases of estate Cabernet Sauvignons and one Chardonnay from a special vineyard on Sonoma Mountain.

Our winemakers are Aaron Pott, a St. Helena based Napa Valley consulting winemaker recently named “Winemaker of the Year” by Food & Wine Magazine, and the notable rising star, Elizabeth Tangney. The venerable Jim Barbour consults on our vineyard practices and we farm the estate for a low yield near two tons per acre.

www.sthelenawinery.com