About Fallen Oaks Estate Winery
Fallen Oaks Estate Winery is named for the valley oaks that fell on the property — the native California oaks that dropped on the El Pomar District land before vineyards were planted, whose fallen trunks and root systems now decompose into the soil chemistry that the vines draw from. The fallen oaks are part of the estate's ecological history: their death became part of the soil that sustains the vines that produce the wine.
The Union Road estate produces Grenache, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Zinfandel from calcareous limestone El Pomar District estate vineyards. The fallen oak organic matter in the soil is part of what makes the estate's terroir character specific and unrepeatable — the accumulated biology of native California tree mortality integrated into the calcareous limestone foundation.
The daily walk-in experience is dog-friendly, picnic-welcoming, and family-hospitable.