About Madrona Vineyards
Madrona Vineyards is named for the madrone tree — the Arbutus menziesii with its spectacular red peeling bark that reveals the smooth green beneath, one of California's most visually distinctive native trees. The madrone's presence on the High Hill Ranch Road estate declares the cool-temperature environment that supports the tree's growth: madrones thrive at elevation, in well-drained soils, with some moisture but excellent air drainage. The estate's 3,500-foot elevation — among the highest commercial vineyard elevations in El Dorado County — creates conditions for Gewürztraminer, Riesling, and Zinfandel of unusual cool-climate intensity. Established in 1980, Madrona is one of El Dorado County's historically founding high-elevation wine estates.
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Madrona Vineyards isMadrona Vineyards is named for the madrone tree — the Arbutus menziesii with its spectacular red peeling bark that reveals the smooth green beneath, one of California's most visually distinctive native trees.
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The madrone's presenceThe madrone's presence on the High Hill Ranch Road estate declares the cool-temperature environment that supports the tree's growth: madrones thrive at elevation, in well-drained soils, with some moisture but excellent air drainage.
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The estate's 3,500-footThe estate's 3,500-foot elevation — among the highest commercial vineyard elevations in El Dorado County — creates conditions for Gewürztraminer, Riesling, and Zinfandel of unusual cool-climate intensity.
"The 1980 El Dorado County Madrona-aromatic-conifer-bark-naming Zinfandel and Gewürztraminer estate at 3,500 feet elevati"
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Gewürztraminer
Gewürztraminer
El Dorado / Madrona Estate
Madrona's red-bark-peeling-tree-naming 3,500-foot El Dorado Gewürztraminer — the Alsatian aromatic variety at California's highest commercial vineyard elevation, the madrone's cool-temperature preference matched to the variety's cool-climate requirement.
Estate
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Zinfandel
El Dorado Zinfandel
El Dorado / Madrona Estate
Madrona Vineyards' madrone-bark 3,500-foot elevation Zinfandel — the heritage Sierra Foothills variety at the high-altitude El Dorado estate where madrones declare the cool growing conditions.
Estate
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Book on Tock →Madrona High Elevation Walk-In
Daily walk-in at the red-bark-madrone-naming 3,500-foot El Dorado founding estate (est. 1980) — Madrona Vineyards Gewürztraminer and Zinfandel. Dog-friendly, picnic, family-welcoming.
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