Ghost Block Estate Wines — Napa Valley / Oakville Winery & Tasting Room

Napa Valley / Oakville · Oakville AVA
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Hours
Daily 10am–4pm (by appointment)
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Phone
(707) 944-1721
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Tasting Fee
From $35
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Required
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Est.
2006

About Ghost Block Estate Wines

Ghost Block Estate Wines is a dedicated estate winery in prestigious Oakville sub-appellation at the center of the Napa Valley floor, producing wines that reflect the character of well-drained gravelly loams over rocky subsoils. The Oakville Estate's most hauntingly named vineyard block wine program — Ghost Block draws its name from a specific Oak. The estate's commitment to quality viticulture and site-specific winemaking has earned Ghost Block Estate Wines a respected place among the region's most consistent and genuinely food-friendly producers.

The Oakville growing environment shapes everything Ghost Block Estate Wines produces. Well-drained gravelly loams over rocky subsoils define the estate's vineyard character, contributing the structure, natural acidity, and terroir specificity that distinguish the finest wines from this appellation. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Sauvignon Blanc form the backbone of the portfolio, with each variety expressing a distinct facet of the estate's unique growing conditions. Winemaking at Ghost Block Estate Wines prioritizes transparency and balance over extraction, allowing the appellation's natural character to lead rather than winemaker intervention.

Visitors to Ghost Block Estate Wines can expect a genuine and unhurried tasting experience that reflects the estate's commitment to quality and hospitality. The tasting room provides an authentic introduction to the estate wines and the Oakville appellation. Whether visiting for a focused flight or a deeper exploration of the estate's vineyard programs, Ghost Block Estate Wines offers the kind of direct producer experience that wine tourism in California wine country is built on — knowledgeable, welcoming, and genuinely connected to the land and the wines it produces.

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Ghost Block EstateGhost Block Estate Wines is the most evocatively named and fog-disappearing-vine-observationally-specific Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon estate in the Napa Valley.
The name referencesThe name references a specific phenomenon observable at the Oakville Cross Road estate on certain morning conditions: when Carneros morning fog drifts north through the Yountville corridor at precisely the right angle and density, specific rows of Oakville benchland vines appear to vanish into the fog bank — the 'ghost block' whose vine rows disappear and reappear as the fog moves.
This specific morningThis specific morning fog observation — the kind that can only come from someone who has watched the same vineyard property through hundreds of fog mornings — captures the essence of single-estate Oakville wine farming: the accumulated daily observation of how specific micro-climatic conditions interact with specific vineyard blocks to produce the growing character that Oakville benchland Cabernet Sauvignon consistently expresses.
"The Oakville Estate's most hauntingly named vineyard block wine program — Ghost Block draws its name from a specific Oak"
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Featured Wines

Cabernet Sauvignon
Ghost Block Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon
Oakville / Ghost Block Estate
The fog-disappearing-vine-named Oakville flagship — Ghost Block estate Cabernet from the Oakville Cross Road property whose morning fog-vanishing vine rows give the most evocatively named Napa Valley benchland Cab its individual observation-accumulated estate identity, earning Wine Advocate 90–93 points for the warm, concentrated Oakville benchland character.
Estate
★★★★☆
Cabernet Sauvignon
Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Oakville / Ghost Block Estate
Ghost Block's most broadly accessible Oakville expression — estate Cabernet from the fog-observed benchland property at the most approachable pricing tier of the most evocatively fog-phenomenon-named Oakville estate program, warm and food-compatible in the most accessible and visitor-welcoming format of the Ghost Block Oakville Cross Road appointment estate.
Estate
★★★★☆

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Fog-Vanishing Vine Oakville Appointment
Daily appointment at the most evocatively fog-disappearing-vine-observationally-named Oakville benchland estate — Ghost Block and estate Cabernet at 90–93 points from the Oakville Cross Road property whose specific morning fog phenomenon gives the most atmospherically named Napa Valley vine-row-observation estate Cab its individual character and appointment identity.
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