About Amapola Creek Vineyards
Amapola Creek Vineyards is named for the amapola — the Spanish word for the California poppy that lines the creek flowing through the Sonoma Mountain estate. Richard Arrowood, who founded and built Arrowood Vineyards & Winery into one of Sonoma County's most acclaimed estates before selling it, returned to winemaking under this creek-named, poppy-topographic label: personal, place-rooted, and named for what actually grows on the land.
The Sonoma Mountain estate produces Cabernet Sauvignon from the AVA's uniquely positioned mountain terroir — Sonoma Mountain rises above the warm Sonoma Valley floor, receiving Pacific marine air from the west that moderates temperatures and extends the growing season in ways that produce Cabernet of unusual freshness and structural complexity for Sonoma County.
Wine Advocate has scored Amapola Creek's Sonoma Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon at 92–95 points, recognizing Richard Arrowood's decades of accumulated Sonoma County winemaking knowledge applied to his most personally named project.