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Clos du Val

Sub-AVA · Stags Leap District

Further reading: Producer's own site

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Editorial profile

Clos du Val is a third-generation, family-owned winery in Napa Valley's Stags Leap District, founded in 1972 by Bernard Portet and John Goelet and known for its Bordeaux-blending philosophy. Estate wines from the Hirondelle Vineyard anchor the Stags Leap District tier — Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Malbec bottled separately, plus Yettalil and Three Graces, proprietary Cabernet-Sauvignon-led blends drawn from the same estate's five Bordeaux varieties.

A broader Napa Valley tier carries a Cabernet Sauvignon made every vintage since 1972 and a Sauvignon Blanc blended with Sémillon, and the estate also bottles a Sauvignon Blanc from Yountville. The winery earned early recognition through its involvement in the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting.

Facts read from closduval.com

What's on file

1972

founded

as stated by the producer

Address

5330 SILVERADO TRL

Where it's registered

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  • Principal5330 SILVERADO TRL, NAPA

The ground it sits on

Sub-AVA · Stags Leap District

6.2

pH, 1:1 water

15.5cm

, whole profile

144cm

to

Well drained

, dominant condition

Distribution across 26 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar

6.2
4.2%
25.3%
available water
15.5cm
depth to restriction
144cm

Dominant

  • 31.5%
  • 15.9%
  • 12.3%
  • 7.5%
  • 6.8%

26 map units · soil described over 97.9% of the region’s area · 9.8% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 44% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.

Wines

13 of 13 wines link to the page they were read from. The list is what a producer publishes about itself, one citation at a time — it is not a catalog, and a wine missing from it is uncurated rather than unmade.