Cabernet Sauvignon is the king of red wines — and is one of our appellation's best kept secrets. Mountain grown Cabernet Sauvignon from El Dorado delivers intense flavors and attains fine balance without the need to blend with Merlot, or any other variety. So, ours will be 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. We planted our Cabernet vines facing directly south to maximize the fruit character which our unique terroir will allow us to obtain.

Planted in 1997, our Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard is made up of the See Ranch Clone (now Silverado Vineyard) and 337 from the Medoc (Bordeaux). The vines are trained to a quadrilateral cordon to control vigor and with a lyre structure to support shoot growth and provide even sun exposure. The name lyre is derived from the ancient harp-like Greek musical instrument shaped like a squared-off "U". We harvested our first crop from these vines in 2000.