About Oakville East Exposure
The listing name 'Oakville East Exposure' is not a standalone winery, it merges the actual business name, Oakville East, with Exposure, the name of its flagship single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon. Oakville East is a real, distinct winery founded by Elliot Stern, who planted a one-acre hillside vineyard in 1997 on a rocky eastern-Oakville slope he calls 'the magic hill' and released the first commercial vintage in 2004.
The project sources fruit from a small collective of family-owned hillside vineyards farmed biodynamically since 2008, working with winemaker Marie-Laure Ammons. Its wines, Exposure Cabernet Sauvignon, the Cabernet Franc-based 'Franc 'N Stern,' and a Bordeaux-style Core Stone red blend, are sold through allocation and select fine-wine retailers rather than a public tasting room; the winery previously poured at Napa Wine Co.'s Oakville tasting room, which closed in 2019.
'Oakville East Exposure' merges two things: the winery Oakville East and Exposure, its flagship single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Name Is a Conflation'Oakville East Exposure' merges the real winery name, Oakville East, with Exposure, its flagship Cabernet Sauvignon; it is not a separate label.
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Founded by Elliot SternStern began with a one-acre hillside planting in 1997 and released Oakville East's first commercial vintage in 2004.
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No Public Tasting RoomWines are sold through allocation and select fine-wine retailers rather than a walk-in or by-appointment tasting room.
"A tiny, allocation-only Oakville hillside producer better known by its wine name, Exposure, than its actual winery name, Oakville East."
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CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Exposure Cabernet Sauvignon
2013 · Oakville AVA
The winery's flagship single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, aged about 20 months in French oak.
CABERNET FRANC
Franc 'N Stern Cabernet Franc
2018 · Napa Valley
A vineyard-designate Cabernet Franc that earned 94 points from Wine Enthusiast.
RED BLEND
Core Stone
Current release · Oakville AVA
A Bordeaux-style blend of roughly two-thirds Cabernet Sauvignon and one-third Cabernet Franc.
Pricing is sourced from third-party retailer and critic listings (Wine Folly, Benchmark Wine Group, California Wines & Wineries) rather than a winery-published price list, since Oakville East does not sell direct via its own website; vintages in current distribution vary.
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