Eisele Vineyard

Eisele Vineyard was first planted with grapes by Randall and Charles Nathan Pickett. In 1969, Milton and Barbara Eisele bought the 162-acre property and named it Eisele Vineyard. Daphne and Bart Araujo then bought the estate in 1990, and François-Henri Pinault became the steward of Eisele Vineyard in 2013.

Eisele Vineyard is located in northeast Napa Valley, just east of Calistoga at the base of the Palisades Mountain range. Protected by the Palisades Mountains to the north and cooled by westerly breezes from the Chalk Hill Gap, the 38-acre vineyard has well-drained cobbly soils and is divided into 13 blocks and over 40 sub-blocks. Originally planted to Zinfandel and Riesling in the 1880s, its first Cabernet was planted in 1964, with Cabernet Sauvignon as the principal grape alongside Syrah and Sauvignon Blanc. Farmed organically since 1998 and biodynamically since 2000, the estate uses integrated pest management with insectaries and owl and bird boxes, applies bovine manure and compost teas, and plants by the lunar calendar. Winery facilities include temperature-controlled caves.