Nickel & Nickel — Napa Valley / Oakville Winery & Tasting Room

Napa Valley / Oakville · Oakville AVA
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Hours
Daily 10am–3pm (by appointment)
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Phone
(707) 967-9600
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Tasting Fee
From $75
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Reservations
Required
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Est.
1997

About Nickel & Nickel

Nickel & Nickel 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. Far Niente's single-vineyard-only Oakville sister estate — every Nickel & Nickel wine comes from a single vineyard, a si. The estate's commitment to quality viticulture and site-specific winemaking has earned Nickel & Nickel a respected place among the region's most consistent and genuinely food-friendly producers.

The Oakville growing environment shapes everything Nickel & Nickel 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 Nickel & Nickel prioritizes transparency and balance over extraction, allowing the appellation's natural character to lead rather than winemaker intervention.

Visitors to Nickel & Nickel 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, Nickel & Nickel 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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Nickel & NickelNickel & Nickel is the single-vineyard laboratory of the Far Niente family — an estate founded in 1997 with one absolute rule: every wine is produced from a single vineyard, a single variety, and a single vintage, with nothing blended away.
While Far NienteWhile Far Niente produces estate blends of extraordinary quality, Nickel & Nickel exists to answer a different question: what does each individual Oakville, Rutherford, and Napa Valley vineyard site produce when it stands entirely alone?
The answer hasThe answer has been revelatory across 25 years of single-vineyard Napa Valley production.
"Far Niente's single-vineyard-only Oakville sister estate — every Nickel & Nickel wine comes from a single vineyard, a si"
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Featured Wines

Cabernet Sauvignon
John C. Sullenger Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Oakville / Sullenger Vineyard
Nickel & Nickel's Oakville single-vineyard flagship — Sullenger Cabernet demonstrating the specific warm benchland character of this Oakville family's estate fruit in the most purely unblended Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon expression available from the single-vineyard-only Napa program.
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★★★★☆
Cabernet Sauvignon
CC Ranch Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Rutherford / CC Ranch
A contrasting Rutherford single-vineyard expression — CC Ranch Cabernet showing the distinct Rutherford Dust mineral character and how dramatically a different Napa Valley sub-appellation expresses the same Bordeaux variety when nothing from other sites is blended in.
Estate
★★★★☆
Cabernet Sauvignon
Branding Iron Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Oakville / Branding Iron Vineyard
Nickel & Nickel's most powerful single-vineyard expression — Branding Iron Vineyard Oakville Cabernet from a specific western benchland site showing the most concentrated and age-worthy character of the Nickel & Nickel single-vineyard Oakville portfolio.
Estate
★★★★☆
Merlot
Suscol Ranch Merlot
Napa Valley / Suscol Ranch
Nickel & Nickel's single-vineyard Merlot expression — Suscol Ranch showing what the single-vineyard-only philosophy produces in Napa Valley's most plush and food-compatible Bordeaux red variety from a specific named family ranch source.
Estate
★★★★☆

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Single Vineyard Comparative Tasting
Daily appointment at the 1884 Oakville farmhouse — side-by-side single-vineyard Cabernet comparison from Sullenger, CC Ranch, and Branding Iron, the most genuinely educational site-specific Napa Valley Cabernet tasting available. Far Niente family quality at individual vineyard resolution.
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