About Sobon Estate
Sobon Estate is the French-heritage family estate of Leon and Shirley Sobon — their surname placed on a Shenandoah Valley winery that incorporates the historic Shenandoah Schoolhouse Museum. The Sobon family has been farming in Amador County since 1989, with the estate maintaining the nineteenth-century schoolhouse as a living museum of Sierra Foothills agricultural history alongside the winery's contemporary wine program.
The Shenandoah Road estate produces old-vine Zinfandel, Viognier, Tempranillo, and Grenache from estate Amador County vineyards with the family-estate directness and walk-in accessibility that French-heritage family surnames on California wine estates traditionally represent. The Sobon family's commitment to historic preservation — maintaining and opening the schoolhouse museum — distinguishes the estate as a cultural destination as much as a wine destination.
Wine Spectator has scored Sobon's Shenandoah Valley Zinfandel at 88–91 points.