About Chalk Hill Estate Vineyards
Chalk Hill Estate Vineyards & Winery is one of Sonoma County's most geologically distinctive and complete estate experiences. The 1,300-acre Chalk Hill property sits within its own sub-appellation, the Chalk Hill AVA within the Russian River Valley, named for the distinctive white volcanic ash soils that cover the hillside vineyards and give the wines their characteristic mineral character that no other Sonoma County AVA can replicate.
Founded in 1974 by attorney Frederick Furth, the estate was acquired by Bill Foley, the Nevada hotel and gaming entrepreneur who also owns Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, Duckhorn Wine Company, and other premium wine properties, in 2010. The Foley acquisition brought significant investment in the estate's wine program, culinary facilities, and hospitality infrastructure while maintaining the focus on the Chalk Hill AVA's singular white volcanic ash terroir.
The Chalk Hill Chardonnay is the estate's most celebrated expression, the distinctive mineral soils producing a food-friendly, terroir-specific white that contrasts with the richer, rounder Chardonnays produced on Sonoma County's warmer valley floors. Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc round out a program that consistently demonstrates what a specific and genuinely unusual soil type produces when farmed with the care that 1,300 dedicated acres of single-AVA estate farming allows.
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Russian River Valley SettingChalk Hill sits in one of California's most celebrated cool-climate AVAs, known worldwide for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
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Fog-Influenced TerroirRussian River Valley vines benefit from the daily fog that pulls cool Pacific air inland through the Petaluma Gap.
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Sonoma Boutique FormatMost Russian River Valley wineries lean toward small-lot production and family-scale hospitality.
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Chardonnay
Estate Chardonnay
Chalk Hill AVA Estate
The most distinctive Chardonnay terroir in Sonoma County, white volcanic ash Chalk Hill soil producing mineral-driven estate Chardonnay of genuine sub-appellation character that no other AVA in the Russian River corridor can produce.
Cabernet Sauvignon
Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Chalk Hill AVA Estate
Estate Cab from the distinctive Chalk Hill volcanic ash hillside, showing the structural elegance and mineral depth that 1,300 acres of dedicated single-AVA farming produces in this Bordeaux variety.
Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc
Chalk Hill AVA Estate
Estate Chalk Hill Sauvignon Blanc, the white volcanic ash soils producing a mineral, food-first expression of this Loire-Bordeaux variety that is entirely distinct from the more tropical California Sauvignon Blancs produced on valley floors.
Merlot
Estate Merlot
Chalk Hill AVA Estate
Chalk Hill estate Merlot from the volcanic ash hillside, showing the mineral character and structural elegance that distinguishes the sub-appellation's red wine program from the warmer-climate Merlots produced in surrounding Sonoma County AVAs.
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Volcanic Ash Estate Tasting
Appointment tasting on the 1,300-acre Chalk Hill AVA estate, estate Chardonnay, Cabernet, and Sauvignon Blanc from the unique white volcanic ash soils that give Sonoma County's own sub-appellation its name and its wines their singular mineral character.
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