VEEDER HOUSE

Rielly Family Vineyard Veeder House estate boasts eight acres of prime Cabernet Sauvignon-planted vineyards, which produce a wine with deep complexity: nurtured by soil rich with marine sediments and volcanics, forged in the hot Napa Valley sun, and tempered by the cool fingers of fog that glide through the hills each morning... Mt. Veeder is the largest AVA within Napa Valley, but nature has limited production to just 1.3% of Napa Valley grapes. Due to the scarcity of plantable sites only about 1,000 acres out of 25 square miles are planted to grapes. Yields on the mountain vineyards are exceptionally low (usually 2-2.5 tons/acre for Cabernet Sauvignon) - about half the Napa Valley average... Mt. Veeder is one of only five mountain appellations in Napa Valley. The soils are sandstone and shale, derived from ancient uplifted sea floor, while the other Napa Valley mountain appellations are primarily volcanic and the soils on the Napa Valley floor are alluvial.

Primary location: San Francisco United States