About Baldacci Family Vineyards
Baldacci Family Vineyards carries the Italian-heritage family surname of Tom and Brenda Baldacci — their name placed on a Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon estate that represents the family's personal investment in one of Napa Valley's most historically significant Cabernet appellations. The Stags Leap District was where Warren Winiarski's 1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars defeated top Bordeaux chateaux at the 1976 Paris Tasting, putting the district on the international wine map.
The Silverado Trail estate produces Cabernet Sauvignon from Stags Leap District estate vineyard blocks with the Italian family-accountability philosophy the Baldacci name implies. The district's distinctive palissandro (palisander, or rosewood-colored volcanic tuff) soils and the natural wind protection of the palisade rock formations create growing conditions of unusual warmth and mineral complexity. Wine Advocate has scored Baldacci's Stags Leap Cabernet at 92–95 points.