Silverado Merlot California

In 1981 ron and diane miller established silverado vineyards to begin making wines from the historic sites that comprised their estate. Their ranches were first planted to vineyards by napa pioneers between 1865 and 1895. Each played an important role in establishing the reputation of their appellations: carneros coombsville yountville soda creek canyon and stags leap district. The beautiful fruit from these vineyards is the exclusive source of silverado vineyards’ estate and single vineyards wines — the miller family’s best expression of the napa valley they love and admire. Vineyards mt. George vineyard (100%) located east of napa mt. George vineyard is the site of one of the first grape plantings in the valley in the 19th century. The deep gravelly soils are derived from volcanic rock and ash providing depth and structure to silverado’s wines. Vintage notes textbook conditions saw near-ideal bud break steady flowering even fruit set and a lengthy stretch of warm days