Paraduxx — Napa Valley / Yountville Winery & Tasting Room

Napa Valley / Yountville · Yountville AVA
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Hours
Daily 10am–4pm (by appointment)
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Phone
(707) 945-0890
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Tasting Fee
From $40
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Required
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Est.
1994

About Paraduxx

Paraduxx is a dedicated estate winery in the Yountville sub-appellation in southern Napa Valley, producing wines that reflect the character of deep alluvial soils and significant Bay influence that moderates temperatures. Duckhorn Wine Company's Yountville blend-focused estate — Paraduxx explores the most unconventional varietal territory i. The estate's commitment to quality viticulture and site-specific winemaking has earned Paraduxx a respected place among the region's most consistent and genuinely food-friendly producers.

The Yountville growing environment shapes everything Paraduxx produces. Deep alluvial soils and significant bay influence that moderates temperatures 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 Pinot Noir form the backbone of the portfolio, with each variety expressing a distinct facet of the estate's unique growing conditions. Winemaking at Paraduxx prioritizes transparency and balance over extraction, allowing the appellation's natural character to lead rather than winemaker intervention.

Visitors to Paraduxx 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 Yountville appellation. Whether visiting for a focused flight or a deeper exploration of the estate's vineyard programs, Paraduxx 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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Paraduxx is theParaduxx is the Duckhorn Wine Company's most experimentally spirited and unconventional wine program — the estate where the family that established Napa Valley Merlot's serious single-varietal reputation explores the most boundary-pushing varietal combinations that the Napa Valley's diverse grape growing can produce outside the conventional Bordeaux blend framework.
The name itselfThe name itself — a portmanteau of 'paradox' and 'ducks' (the Duckhorn family symbol) — declares the program's intention to challenge conventional Napa Valley wine blending assumptions.
Where Duckhorn's flagshipWhere Duckhorn's flagship program demonstrates what Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon achieve in the most serious and traditional varietal formats, Paraduxx asks what happens when Cabernet Sauvignon is blended with Zinfandel, when Merlot meets other unexpected varietal companions, when the winemaking freedom of a second label allows the most experimentally curious combinations.
"Duckhorn Wine Company's Yountville blend-focused estate — Paraduxx explores the most unconventional varietal territory i"
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Featured Wines

Red Blend
Napa Valley Red Blend
Napa Valley / Paraduxx Estate
Paraduxx's most boundary-pushing expression — Napa Valley Red Blend combining Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel in the most unconventional format of the Duckhorn family wine program, showing what the family that pioneered serious Napa Valley Merlot produces when the most experimentally curious varietal blending philosophy guides the cellar.
Estate
★★★★☆
Red Blend
Napa Valley Red Wine
Napa Valley / Paraduxx Estate
Paraduxx's most broadly accessible proprietary red — Napa Valley Red Wine blending the estate's finest varietal combination in the most immediately food-compatible and daily-table format of the paradox-named Duckhorn family experimental blending program.
Estate
★★★★☆
Red Blend
Rector Creek Vineyard Red
Yountville / Rector Creek Vineyard
Paraduxx's most site-specific expression — Rector Creek Vineyard Red from a specific Yountville vineyard source providing the most geographically identified and single-vineyard-influenced blend in the Duckhorn family's most experimentally spirited and unconventional Silverado Trail wine program.
Estate
★★★★☆

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Experimental Barn Blend Appointment
Daily appointment in the converted barn on the Silverado Trail — Paraduxx Napa Valley Red Blend and Rector Creek Vineyard from the Duckhorn family's most experimentally curious and boundary-pushing program. Picnic grounds and Silverado Trail vineyard views. The most casually welcoming and blend-adventurous appointment in the Duckhorn family's Napa Valley estate portfolio.
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