About Cathiard Vineyard
This Rutherford estate traces to 1885, when Scottish brothers James and William Rennie built a stone winery and planted 60 acres in the Mayacamas foothills. Louis M. Martini bought the site in 1933, and the Komes-Garvey family (as Flora Springs) later farmed it until Florence and Daniel Cathiard, owners of Bordeaux's Château Smith Haut Lafitte, purchased the property in January 2020.
The Cathiards cut annual production from roughly 670,000 bottles to about 62,000, refocusing the 220-acre estate on quality-driven Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux blends from vines dating to 1983. Daniel Cathiard died in January 2026, and daughters Mathilde Thomas and Alice Tourbier now oversee the estate alongside Florence Cathiard.
The Cathiard family's 2020 Rutherford estate, a Bordeaux dynasty's first venture outside France on an 1885 site.
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A Bordeaux family's Napa debut,Florence and Daniel Cathiard, owners of Château Smith Haut Lafitte since 1990, made Cathiard Vineyard their first venture outside France when they bought the estate in 2020.
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Production cut by a factor of ten,the Cathiards slashed annual output from roughly 670,000 bottles to about 62,000, trading volume for a sharper focus on quality.
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Named for the estate's Scottish founders,the Founding Brothers blend honors James and William Rennie, who built the original stone winery here in 1885 after emigrating from Scotland.
"The Cathiard family's 2020 Rutherford estate, a Bordeaux dynasty's first venture outside France."
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Private appointment with the Château Smith Haut Lafitte owners' biodynamic Calistoga estate program, estate Cabernet from Daniel and Florence Cathiard's 30-year Bordeaux Grand Cru biodynamic expertise applied to volcanic northern Napa Valley terrain. The most consequential Bordeaux-California winemaking bridge appointment in the Napa Valley.
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