About Hartwell Estate Wines
Bob and Blanca Hartwell's 1985 Stags Leap District estate — the couple who sold their manufacturing business to pursue a Napa Valley wine dream produc
Hartwell Estate Wines is one of the most romantically conceived and personally passion-driven small-production estates in the Stags Leap District.
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Hartwell Estate WinesHartwell Estate Wines is one of the most romantically conceived and personally passion-driven small-production estates in the Stags Leap District.
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Bob and BlancaBob and Blanca Hartwell — who sold their manufacturing business in the mid-1980s to pursue the most classically American wine country dream of establishing their own Napa Valley estate — purchased the Silverado Trail property in 1985 with a romantic conviction that the Stags Leap District's volcanic palisade terrain could produce Cabernet Sauvignon of the most personally meaningful and critically serious small-estate quality.
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The 35-acre estateThe 35-acre estate on the Silverado Trail provides volcanic palisade-influenced Cabernet Sauvignon growing conditions of the distinctive iron-mineral and structural elegance that the Stags Leap District appellation consistently delivers.
"Bob and Blanca Hartwell's 1985 Stags Leap District estate — the couple who sold their manufacturing business to pursue a"
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Featured Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon
Estate Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon
Stags Leap District / Hartwell Estate
Hartwell's most critically recognized Silverado Trail expression — estate Stags Leap District Cabernet consistently earning 93–97 points from Wine Advocate for the volcanic palisade iron-mineral elegance and structural depth that Bob and Blanca Hartwell's 35-acre passion-driven estate produces in the Napa Valley's most dramatically scenic Cabernet appellation.
Estate
★★★★☆
Merlot
Merlot
Stags Leap District / Hartwell Estate
Hartwell's most food-first Stags Leap Bordeaux expression — estate Silverado Trail Merlot from the 35-acre volcanic palisade property showing the plush, food-compatible character that Bob and Blanca Hartwell's small-estate romantic conviction produces in this Bordeaux variety alongside the primary Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon passion project.
Estate
★★★★☆
Cabernet Sauvignon
Sunshine Cabernet Sauvignon
Stags Leap District / Hartwell Estate
Hartwell's most optimistically named and accessible estate expression — Sunshine Cabernet from the Silverado Trail volcanic palisade property showing the warm, romantically conceived character of Bob and Blanca Hartwell's most joyfully named small-estate Stags Leap District passion-driven wine at the most broadly accessible pricing tier.
Estate
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Book on Tock →Romantic Dream Estate Appointment
Appointment at the most romantically conceived and American-wine-dream-realized small-production estate in the Stags Leap District — estate volcanic palisade Cabernet at 93–97 points from Bob and Blanca Hartwell's 35-acre personal passion project on the Silverado Trail. The most quintessentially personal and small-estate-spirited Stags Leap District appointment.
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