Mayacamas Vineyards

Jack Taylor surveys new plantings on the Top Block, one of the highest vineyard sites in the Napa Valley. Grapes have grown continuously on the Mayacamas property since the late 19th century, at elevations of up to 2400 feet above the Valley floor. For almost 130 years, generations of vintners have worked the soils of the estate’s rugged mountaintop vineyards for tiny yields of intensely flavored mountain grapes.