Blankiet Estate

Located in the foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains in the Napa Valley, the estate produces a portfolio of wines from their Paradise Hills Vineyard.

[1][2] The winery was created in 1996 on 46 acres ranging over several volcanic hills above the town of Yountville with the goal of producing wines of First Growth quality.

[3][4] She believed the Paradise Hills Vineyard had the potential to produce world-class wines and accepted the position as Blankiet Estate's winemaker.

Cabernet Sauvignon was planted on the north side of the fault in layers of volcanic ash over a deeply-fractured Andesite rock base.

Geologists David Howell, Ph.D., author of The Winemaker's Dance: Exploring Terroir in the Napa Valley, Sarah Lewis MacDonald, Ph.D., owner of Envision Geo and Dr. Walter J. Fitz, Ph.D., from the University of Natural Resources and Life Science in Vienna, Austria, were instrumental in demonstrating the unique geological complexity of the estate.