Stags Leap District · Napa4.5 · 475
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
The 1973 S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon won the Judgment of Paris in 1976.
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Best Cabernet Sauvignon in Napa Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon is the king of Napa Valley, producing some of the most acclaimed wines in the world. The region's combination of warm days, cool nights, and diverse soils creates Cabs of extraordinary depth, with flavors ranging from dark cassis and black cherry to cedar, tobacco, and chocolate.
Whether you're seeking a collector-grade bottle from a legendary estate or an approachable everyday Cab, Napa Valley's wineries deliver across every price point. Explore the wineries below to find your next favorite Cabernet.
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Oakville · Napa4.8 · 442
Nickel & Nickel
Five single-vineyard Cabernets from different Napa soils, poured at a restored 1884 farmhouse.
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St. Helena · Napa4.7 · 149
Bella Union Winery
Bella Union brings Far Niente's hospitality to Rutherford with rotating contemporary art and white blend tastings.
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Stags Leap District · Napa4.5 · 285
Pine Ridge Vineyards
Gary Andrus founded Pine Ridge in 1978 to farm 47 acres in the Stags Leap District.
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Calistoga · Napa4.3 · 1,039
Sterling Vineyards
An aerial gondola carries guests 300 feet up to Sterling's hilltop winery above Calistoga.
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St. Helena · Napa4.3 · 985
Beringer Vineyards
California's oldest continuously operating winery marks 150 years in 2026.
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Rutherford · Napa4.3 · 209
Beaulieu Vineyard
André Tchelistcheff made Georges de Latour Private Reserve here for decades starting in 1938.
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Mount Veeder · Napa4.6 · 287
Hess Collection
The Hess Collection houses contemporary art and estate wines on Mount Veeder since 1978.
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St. Helena · Napa4.4 · 701
Hall Wines
California's first LEED Gold Certified winery pours Cabernets inside a renovated Bergfeld building.
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Stags Leap District · Napa4.5 · 340
Chimney Rock Winery
Chimney Rock's 2021 Stags Leap District Cabernet ranked #5 in Wine Spectator's 2024 list.
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Oakville · Napa4.5 · 168
Turnbull Wine Cellars
Turnbull has poured estate-grown wines from Oakville vineyards for over 40 years.
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Stags Leap District · Napa4.7 · 162
Regusci Winery
Gaetano Regusci bought this ranch in the 1930s, and five generations later his family still farms it.
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Rutherford · Napa4.6 · 181
Honig Vineyard & Winery
Solar panels on the winery roof power Honig's entire operation, from crush to tasting room.
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Coombsville · Napa4.7 · 191
Shadybrook Estate Winery
Visitors can explore Rapp Ranch Vineyards on a 45-minute guided horseback ride led by wranglers.
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St. Helena · Napa4.7 · 243
Louis M. Martini Winery
Louis Martini built Napa's first bonded winery after Prohibition.
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Coombsville · Napa4.9 · 698
James Cole Winery
James Cole Winery in Coombsville pours four-wine lineups in spaces dressed with vintage furniture.
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St. Helena · Napa4.6 · 370
Duckhorn Vineyards
Duckhorn pioneered luxury Merlot in Napa and has been making it since 1976.
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Stags Leap District · Napa4.9 · 699
Baldacci Family Vineyards
Michael Baldacci pours his family's Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon in a private tasting room.
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St. Helena · Napa4.9 · 152
Paloma Vineyard
Sheldon Richards pours wines in his living room at the top of Spring Mountain.
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Howell Mountain · Napa4.9 · 46
Burgess Cellars
Burgess Cellars operates three regeneratively farmed vineyards on Howell Mountain from a 19th-century site.
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Calistoga · Napa4.9 · 456
Davis Estates
Davis Estates restored a century-old winery in 2011, opening caves and vineyard rows to visitors.
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Stags Leap District · Napa4.3 · 229
Silverado Vineyards
Founded by Ron and Diane Miller and Lillian Disney, producing estate Cabernets from Stags Leap District and Coombsville.
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Rutherford · Napa4.7 · 1,106
Caymus Vineyards
Chuck Wagner and his parents made 240 cases of Cabernet in 1972; today the family still farms the same Rutherford land.
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Oakville · Napa4.9 · 155
B Cellars
B Cellars pairs every tasting with bites from their Hospitality House kitchen.
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Oakville · Napa4.6 · 637
Far Niente
Far Niente runs tastings in an 1885 stone winery overlooking thirteen acres of gardens.
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St. Helena · Napa4.6 · 342
Del Dotto Estate Winery & Caves
Barrel-to-barrel tastings in marble-lined caves lit by Venetian Murano chandeliers.
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Rutherford · Napa4.7 · 468
Round Pond Estate Winery
Round Pond runs an estate olive mill and pairs fresh-pressed oils with estate wines.
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Stags Leap District · Napa4.8 · 240
Odette Estate Winery
This LEED Gold Certified estate in Stags Leap District pours Cabernet Sauvignon grown on-site.
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Oak Knoll District · Napa4.5 · 376
Black Stallion Estate Winery
The former equestrian center turned winery, named 2023 American Winery of the Year by Wine Enthusiast.
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Stags Leap District · Napa4.4 · 288
Stags' Leap Winery
The Grigsby family planted this estate in 1872, and Petite Sirah remains a signature today.
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Carneros (Napa) · Napa4.7 · 145
RuVango Winery
Salvador Dali's complete Les Chants de Maldoror etchings hang in the Carneros tasting room.
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Calistoga · Napa5.0 · 427
Maria Concetto Winery Tasting Room
A robot sommelier pours wine at Maria Reznikova's Calistoga tasting room.
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Oakville · Napa4.6 · 450
Silver Oak Cellars
Silver Oak makes only Cabernet Sauvignon, founded in 1972 with two estates in California.
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Carneros (Napa) · Napa4.6 · 155
Trinitas Cellars
The Busch Family opened Trinitas Cellars in 2002 around a philosophy of faith, family, and perseverance.
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St. Helena · Napa4.6 · 333
Raymond Vineyards
Jean-Charles Boisset transformed this 1971 property into a whimsical St. Helena destination.
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Oak Knoll District · Napa4.8 · 808
Monticello Vineyards
Jay Corley founded this family-owned estate in 1970 with vineyards across three Napa Valley appellations.
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Calistoga · Napa4.7 · 206
Bennett Lane Winery
Bennett Lane pours from a library of 78 wines rated 90+ points by Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast.
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Oakville · Napa4.3 · 173
Robert Mondavi Winery
Robert Mondavi founded this Oakville estate in 1966, planting the benchmark for modern Napa Valley winemaking.
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St. Helena · Napa4.8 · 178
Spring Mountain Vineyard
Three estates from the 1870s and 1880s planted Spring Mountain's first Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Rutherford · Napa4.6 · 676
PEJU Winery
Tony and Herta Peju founded this estate in 1983, planting Rutherford vines and gardens in equal measure.
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Calistoga · Napa4.6 · 284
Frank Family Vineyards
Frank Family pours sparkling wines made with French méthode champenoise in the 1884 Larkmead building.
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Rutherford · Napa4.6 · 243
St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery
St. Supéry farms 100% estate grown, certified Napa Green fruit across two vineyards.
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Rutherford · Napa4.6 · 452
Grgich Hills Estate
Miljenko "Mike" Grgich, who made the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that won the Judgment of Paris, opened this estate in 1977.
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Downtown Napa · Napa4.9 · 247
John Anthony Vineyards
Downtown Napa tasting lounge open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
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Yountville · Napa4.5 · 156
The Estate Yountville
A 22-acre hotel estate with two properties and a private vineyard in downtown Yountville.
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Howell Mountain · Napa4.4 · 118
CADE Estate Winery
California's first LEED Gold Certified estate winery sits at 1,850 feet on Howell Mountain.
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Rutherford · Napa4.3 · 447
Alpha Omega Winery
Robin and Michelle Baggett opened this Rutherford estate in 2005 as a certified Napa Green property.
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St. Helena · Napa4.6 · 152
Merryvale Vineyards
René and Laurence Schlatter hold their Cabernet Sauvignons in bottle longer before release.
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Stags Leap District · Napa4.8 · 53
Shafer Vineyards
Winemaker Elias Fernandez has made 40 consecutive harvests here, shaping Hillside Select.
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Stags Leap District · Napa4.6 · 305
Clos Du Val
Founded in 1972 by Bernard Portet and the Goelet family, now led by third-generation owner Olav Goelet.
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Carneros (Napa) · Napa4.9 · 150
Truchard Vineyards
A working vineyard estate in Carneros where tastings include library wines from the cave.
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Carneros (Napa) · Napa4.8 · 132
Hendry Winery
Hendry has farmed 114 estate acres since 1939, making every bottle from grapes grown on their family ranch.
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Oak Knoll District · Napa4.9 · 828
Trefethen Family Vineyards
Trefethen has farmed its Oak Knoll District estate since 1968 with three generations devoted to estate-only wines.
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St. Helena · Napa4.9 · 149
Chappellet Winery
Hugh Johnson called the pyramid winery "the most remarkable wine cathedral in the modern world."
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Yountville · Napa4.6 · 125
Goosecross Cellars
Dave and Christi Ficeli built their family wine legacy in Yountville with a focus on evolution.
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Coombsville · Napa4.8 · 144
Palmaz Vineyards
Winemaking takes place 18 stories underground in a multi-level cave carved into Mount George.
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Downtown Napa · Napa4.8 · 262
Brown Downtown Napa
Brown Downtown opened in 2017 to pour Zinfandels from the family's Chiles Valley ranch.
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Mount Veeder · Napa4.9 · 96
Fontanella Family Winery
A weekday-morning tasting drops to $45 at this family-run Mt. Veeder estate.
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St. Helena · Napa4.6 · 218
Rutherford Ranch Winery
Rutherford Ranch sits in the Rutherford District where a 100-year-old olive grove frames the tasting room.
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Downtown Napa · Napa4.8 · 397
JaM Cellars
John and Michele Truchard built a wine and music studio on First Street in downtown Napa.
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Oakville · Napa4.5 · 149
Miner Family Winery
Miner Family Winery sits tucked into the eastern hills of Oakville, with a 20,000-square-foot cave.
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Oak Knoll District · Napa4.6 · 214
Laird Family Estate
Laird Family Estate reserves 3% of its 2,000-acre Napa Valley vineyard holdings for its own label.
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St. Helena · Napa4.8 · 264
Clif Family Winery
Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford farm 90 acres of organic vineyards and 10 acres of orchards.
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Calistoga · Napa4.7 · 278
Tamber Bey Vineyards
Barry Waitte left high-tech in 2001 and built a winery on a working Arabian horse ranch.
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Rutherford · Napa4.7 · 206
ZD Wines
The deLeuze family has operated here since 1969, farming organically for three generations.
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Calistoga · Napa4.2 · 4,718
Castello di Amorosa
A 14th-century Tuscan castle replica in Calistoga pours Italian-style wines.
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Oak Knoll District · Napa4.8 · 121
Backstage Winery
Angelo Pera opened his own label in 2010 after three decades making wine for others.
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St. Helena · Napa4.8 · 158
Tres Sabores
Julie Johnson farms certified organic Zinfandel, Cabernet, and Petite Sirah alongside Guinea fowl and sheep.
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Mount Veeder · Napa4.6 · 67
Mayacamas Vineyards
Founded in 1889, Mayacamas has held onto classical winemaking techniques since the 1950s.
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Carneros (Napa) · Napa4.1 · 805
Artesa Vineyards
Artesa was founded in 1991 by Raventós Codorníu, Spain's oldest winemaking family.
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St. Helena · Napa5.0 · 244
Fantesca Estate & Winery
Susan and Duane Hoff left corporate life in 2004 to make wine on Spring Mountain.
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St. Helena · Napa4.9 · 129
Aonair Winery & Caves
Grant and Megan Long's winery sits at the base of Howell Mountain, with wines sold only on-site.
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Atlas Peak · Napa4.7 · 31
Antinori Napa Valley
The Antinori family applies six centuries of Italian winemaking to mountain fruit on Atlas Peak.
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Calistoga · Napa4.6 · 290
Schramsberg Vineyards
Schramsberg makes only sparkling wine and stores two million bottles in hillside caves.
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Calistoga · Napa4.4 · 658
Chateau Montelena
The 1973 Chardonnay that won the Judgment of Paris came from this stone Chateau.
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Rutherford · Napa4.6 · 635
Frog's Leap Winery
A certified organic estate in Rutherford where kids run through the vineyard rows during the Family Friendly Garden Tasting.
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Rutherford · Napa4.6 · 278
Inglenook
The Coppola family restored the 1879 estate founded by Gustave Niebaum in Rutherford.
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Oakville · Napa3.6 · 203
PlumpJack Winery
PlumpJack pioneered screw caps for luxury wines, and the iconoclasm shows in their Oakville tasting room.
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Oak Knoll District · Napa4.3 · 278
Ashes & Diamonds Winery
Barbara Bestor's mid-century pavilion opened in 2017 to pour wines made in the 1960s Napa style.
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Yountville · Napa4.8 · 309
Jessup Cellars
Jessup Cellars operates a rotating fine art gallery alongside its Yountville tasting room.
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Stags Leap District · Napa4.6 · 184
Cliff Lede Vineyards
Cliff Lede names its estate blocks after rock songs and hosts tastings in a lounge lined with rock legend artwork.
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Yountville · Napa4.9 · 103
Stewart Cellars
Stewart Cellars sources six single-vineyard Cabernets from Andy Beckstoffer's Heritage Vineyards.
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Coombsville · Napa5.0 · 141
Buoncristiani Family Winery
Four brothers handcraft every step of winemaking at their fully underground cellar above Stags Leap.
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Calistoga · Napa4.9 · 504
Girard Winery
Girard pours Rhône varieties alongside Napa classics at its Dunaweal Lane location in Calistoga.
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Oakville · Napa4.6 · 181
Napa Cellars
A geodesic dome tasting room marks the original five-acre site on Highway 29.
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Yountville · Napa4.1 · 659
Domaine Chandon
Chandon has produced sparkling wine in Yountville since 1973 using French méthode traditionnelle.
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St. Helena · Napa4.7 · 449
Rombauer Vineyards
Founded in 1972 by Koerner and Joan Rombauer, this St. Helena winery still focuses on Chardonnay, Merlot, and Zinfandel.
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HotelRutherford · Napa4.7 · 1,755
Auberge du Soleil
Auberge du Soleil terraces down a Rutherford hillside planted with heritage olive and oak trees.
Adults OnlyWine LoversRomantic Getaways
★★★★★
HotelCalistoga · Napa4.7 · 1,151
Solage, Auberge Collection
The 20,000-square-foot spa runs on Calistoga's geothermal water and books out weeks ahead.
Dog OK*Wine LoversLuxury Retreat
★★★★★
HotelSt. Helena · Napa4.7 · 504
Meadowood Napa Valley
A 250-acre estate on land first settled in 1961, with wood-lined cottages scattered across oak groves.
Kid FriendlyWine LoversLuxury Retreat
★★★★★
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