Silverado Vineyard & Winery

One of the first four vineyards planted to Cabernet in the appellation in the 1960s, the Silverado Vineyard helped establish the reputation of the Stags Leap District. It was on this site that Harry See, the owner of the vineyard when the Millers acquired it, planted Cabernet Sauvignon in 1968. That Cabernet Sauvignon clone evolved into a unique field selection of Cabernet which UC Davis later designated as a “Heritage” Clone, one of only three Cabernets in California to be given this distinction, and the only one in Stags Leap. This vineyard is the heart and soul of all our Cabernets, and the unique source of our highest expression, SOLO. It is also home to our winery, located on the northeastern top of the knoll, surrounded by slopes of gravelly soils which form our best individual blocks. Heritage: First planted in 1884 by Abel McFarland. Current plantings date from 1992-1996 by the Miller Family.