Lava Cap Winery

Lava Cap Winery is the most personally volcanic-basalt-lava-cap-geologically-named and El Dorado mountain-specifically-high-elevation-committed Sierra Foothills wine estate. David and Jeanne Jones — who named their Placerville El Dorado County estate for the specific volcanic basalt 'lava cap' geological formation that defines the most distinctive and most wine-growing-quality-specific soil type available on the Sierra Foothills western slope — produce estate El Dorado Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Barbera, Sangiovese, and Cabernet Sauvignon from volcanic basalt lava cap deposits at 2,600 feet of elevation.

The volcanic basalt 'lava cap' soil formation — a specific geological feature of the Sierra Foothills western slope where ancient volcanic flows deposited basalt cap rock over the underlying granite and metamorphic formations, creating the most distinct and most wine-quality-specifically-individual soil type available in the El Dorado County growing environment — provides the geological foundation for Zinfandel and Petite Sirah of concentrated, mineral, mountain-character quality that Wine Spectator has recognized as individually Sierra-Foothills-lava-cap-volcanic-geologically-specifically-expressive.

For wine lovers exploring the El Dorado County Sierra Foothills who want the most personally volcanic-basalt-lava-cap-geologically-naming and mountain-elevation-specifically-committed wine estate appointment at the most accessible $10 walk-in pricing with picnic grounds and panoramic Sierra Foothills views, Lava Cap Winery provides the most genuinely geologically-lava-cap-specifically-named and mountain-volcanic-basalt-specifically-identified Sierra Foothills estate walk-in appointment.