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15. Ecotone Vineyard

I never thought we’d have this fruit in our fermenters. Yet, here we are, air punching wildly knowing we secured a small sliver of one of Napa’s crown jewels for Kinsman Eades.” –Nigel Kinsman

Ecotone Vineyard – Napa Valley
Cabernet Blend

Perched on the eastern hills above St Helena lies a neverland of Napa Valley. Too low to carry the designate ‘Howell Mountain’ and too high to wear the mark of ‘St. Helena’, Ecotone Vineyard sits contentedly at the end of an impossibly narrow, windy road in its own intimate glen. Here the fruit ripens at its own pace thanks to slow moving fogs, and its decomposed volcanic ash soils stand apart from the surrounding red Aiken earth. It is a place that, like the visionary who planted the vineyard in the late ‘80s, defies categorization.

“This wild, structured cabernet is going to need a number of years to come together. It shows tons of energy and depth, and Nigel Kinsman has done a tremendous job in taming tannins that can be quite fierce at this site."

– Antonio Galloni
– 2021 Kinsman Eades Aphex

16. The Relationship

Ecotone needs no introduction. It is a site we came to know intimately through David Abreu, and now pinch ourselves to work with alongside industry veteran and grape grower, Jack Bittner. This vineyard is like no other in Napa Valley; as charismatic as its founder, its volcanic soils yield dark, brooding wines with an inimitable voice that will live on for decades.
Cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and petit verdot vines are harvested in the cool of the night at Ecotone Vineyard, 18 acres nestled into a dense forest at the base of Howell Mountain.

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