About Burgess Cellars
The historic 1943 Napa Valley estate on Howell Mountain where Tom Burgess revived a Victorian-era stone cellar in 1972 — now owned by the Barnett and
Burgess Cellars occupies one of the most historically continuous and architecturally authentic wine estate sites on Howell Mountain.
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Burgess Cellars occupiesBurgess Cellars occupies one of the most historically continuous and architecturally authentic wine estate sites on Howell Mountain.
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The Deer ParkThe Deer Park Road property — where a stone cellar was first built in 1943 when Howell Mountain had no formal wine appellation identity and no critical recognition as a superior Cabernet Sauvignon growing environment — was revived and developed by Tom Burgess in 1972 as one of the earliest modern Napa Valley mountain wine estates.
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Tom Burgess's convictionTom Burgess's conviction that the volcanic basalt terrain and significant elevation of Howell Mountain produced Cabernet Sauvignon of distinctive concentrated character — before the Howell Mountain AVA was formally established in 1984 and before critics had identified the mountain's volcanic terrain as producing wine of genuinely individual character — established Burgess Cellars as one of the mountain's founding modern estates with one of Napa Valley's most genuinely historic stone cellar buildings.
"The historic 1943 Napa Valley estate on Howell Mountain where Tom Burgess revived a Victorian-era stone cellar in 1972 —"
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Featured Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon
Estate Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
Howell Mountain / Burgess Estate
Burgess's historic Howell Mountain flagship from the 1943 stone cellar estate — Howell Mountain Cabernet from the volcanic basalt terrain that Tom Burgess identified as producing distinctively concentrated mountain Cabernet before the AVA existed, consistently showing the structural depth and volcanic mineral intensity of one of the mountain's most historically continuous estates.
Estate
★★★★☆
Chardonnay
Napa Valley Chardonnay
Napa Valley / Burgess Estate
Burgess's estate white — Napa Valley Chardonnay from the Howell Mountain and Napa Valley sourcing network of the 1943 stone cellar estate, showing the food-first, balanced character that the historic Deer Park Road mountain estate produces in California's most popular white variety alongside the primary Howell Mountain Cabernet program.
Estate
★★★★☆
Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley / Burgess Estate
Burgess's most broadly accessible estate Cabernet — Napa Valley Cabernet from the mountain estate's valley-influence sourcing at a more approachable tier than the flagship Howell Mountain expression, showing the warm, food-compatible character that the Barnett and Locatell families produce at the 1943 historic Deer Park Road stone cellar estate.
Estate
★★★★☆
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Book on Tock →1943 Stone Cellar Mountain Appointment
Appointment in one of Howell Mountain's most historically continuous and architecturally authentic stone cellar estates (1943) — estate Howell Mountain Cabernet and Napa Valley Chardonnay from the volcanic terrain that Tom Burgess identified as distinctive mountain Cabernet country before the AVA existed in 1972.
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