About Chimney Rock Winery
The Terlato family's Cape Dutch-inspired Stags Leap District estate — 75 acres of Silverado Trail Stags Leap volcanic palisade terrain producing estat
Chimney Rock Winery is the Stags Leap District's most architecturally distinctive estate.
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Chimney Rock WineryChimney Rock Winery is the Stags Leap District's most architecturally distinctive estate.
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The Cape Dutch-styleThe Cape Dutch-style winery — with its whitewashed gables and ornamental finials inspired by the Cape of Good Hope's historic wine estate architecture — sits at the foot of the dramatic Stags Leap volcanic palisade rock formations that give the appellation its name and provide the geological drama that makes the Silverado Trail corridor one of California wine country's most visually extraordinary driving experiences.
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The Terlato familyThe Terlato family — whose wine importing and distribution company built relationships with Italy's, France's, and Australia's finest wine producers across 50 years of premium wine commerce — acquired Chimney Rock in 2004 with the conviction that the Stags Leap District's specific volcanic and alluvial soil combination produced Cabernet Sauvignon of distinctive iron-mineral elegance that deserved the same quality investment they had observed at the world's finest wine estates.
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Featured Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon
Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Stags Leap District / Chimney Rock Estate
Chimney Rock's Stags Leap flagship — 75-acre Silverado Trail estate Cabernet from volcanic palisade terrain consistently earning 92–96 points for the iron-mineral elegance and structural tension that the Stags Leap District's volcanic basalt soil and afternoon wind influence consistently produces in this Bordeaux variety.
Estate
★★★★☆
Bordeaux Blend
Elevage Bordeaux Blend
Stags Leap District / Chimney Rock Estate
Chimney Rock's most ambitious estate expression — Elevage blending estate Stags Leap Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot in a Bordeaux-inspired structured blend that the Terlato family's 50-year fine wine relationship expertise and the volcanic palisade estate terrain jointly produce.
Estate
★★★★☆
Sauvignon Blanc
Fumé Blanc
Stags Leap District Estate
Chimney Rock's most distinctive white expression — Stags Leap District estate Fumé Blanc (Sauvignon Blanc) showing the mineral, food-first character that the volcanic and alluvial Silverado Trail estate terrain produces in this variety alongside the primary Cabernet program.
Estate
★★★★☆
White Bordeaux Blend
Elevage White
Stags Leap District Estate
Chimney Rock's premium white — Elevage White blending Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris from the estate's most carefully selected Stags Leap District white wine blocks in a structured, food-compatible Bordeaux blanc-inspired format.
Estate
★★★★☆
Tasting Experiences
Book on Tock →Palisade Estate Tasting
Daily tasting at the Stags Leap District's most architecturally distinctive Cape Dutch estate — estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Elevage, and Fumé Blanc with sweeping Silverado Trail palisade rock formation views and food pairings from the Terlato family's 40-year Stags Leap quality investment.
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