About Yount Ridge Cellars
Yount Ridge Cellars is named for the dual heritage in the name Yountville itself: George Calvert Yount, the American frontiersman who became the first permanent American settler in Napa Valley in 1836 and gave the town his name, and the ridge above the town where the estate's vineyard blocks produce a cooler, higher-altitude expression of Yountville Cabernet Sauvignon.
The Yountville AVA is one of Napa Valley's most foodie-famous appellations — home to the French Laundry, Bouchon, and the concentration of Thomas Keller's culinary empire that has made the small town one of America's most celebrated dining destinations. Wine produced in Yountville carries this culinary context: Cabernet made to accompany the most serious American restaurants.
The estate produces Cabernet Sauvignon from Yountville AVA vineyard sources with the food-pairing philosophy the culinary town implies — structured, food-friendly, made to accompany rather than dominate.