Rosedale Vineyard

THE OPPORTUNITY

Exceptional Calistoga Cabernet – $2,675,000

Rosedale Vineyard sits at the northern end of the Napa Valley in the Calistoga AVA — an appellation that’s built its reputation almost entirely on Cabernet Sauvignon. Calistoga runs warmer than most of the valley floor, with longer hang time and a diurnal swing that firms tannins without sacrificing freshness. Vineyards in this corner, tucked into the Palisades, have achieved scores as high as a perfect 100 point wine.

The property is 12.70 acres, with 10.70 planted to Cabernet Sauvignon — a single-varietal block of meaningful but intimate scale. At that size, it’s genuinely manageable without a large farming operation behind it, and the crop is focused enough to funnel entirely into one label or program. This isn’t a diversified farming enterprise; it’s a clean, purposeful Cab block in the right place to produce something worth talking about.

For a buyer already running a Napa program, this is the kind of parcel that fills a gap — additional Calistoga fruit, a new block to push the envelope on ripeness, or a source to build a single-vineyard designation around. For a buyer starting from scratch, it’s a rare chance to acquire a planted, producing vineyard in an appellation where bare land rarely trades.

What makes Rosedale worth a hard look is exactly its scale. The wine business has spent the last decade rewarding small-production, terroir-driven programs, and a 10-acre Calistoga Cabernet block is the kind of raw material those programs are built on. Whoever farms this next will produce high quality wines, bet on it.