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Editorial profile
La Jota Vineyard Co. was established in 1898 by Frederick Hess, a Swiss newspaperman who built the estate's stone winery from volcanic ash rock quarried on the property, on Howell Mountain land granted in 1843 as Rancho La Jota. Today it produces small-lot mountain Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot from its Howell Mountain estate, including single-vineyard bottlings from the W.S.
Keyes Vineyard, alongside a limited "Restricted" tier of white wines - a Marsanne-Roussanne blend, a varietal Chenin Blanc, and a four-way proprietary white blend of Pinot Blanc, Albariño, Marsanne and Chenin Blanc. La Jota is part of the Jackson Family Wines portfolio; its historic vineyard and stone winery on Howell Mountain are not open to the public, with tastings held instead at the Jackson Family "Spire Collection" estates.
Facts read from lajotavineyardco.com
What's on file
Address
1102 LAS POSADAS RD
Where it's registered
Hovering a shaded region names it; a click opens its page.
- Principal1102 LAS POSADAS RD, ANGWIN
The ground it sits on
Sub-AVA · Howell Mountain
5.9
pH, 1:1 water
12.7cm
, whole profile
80cm
to
Well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 29 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 32.0%
- 27.5%
- 19.8%
- 12.9%
- 2.7%
29 map units · soil described over 99.0% of the region’s area · 20.3% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 97% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Wines
Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon · Howell Mountain
mountain-fruit Cabernet from the estate's Howell Mountain vineyard
Cabernet Franc · Howell Mountain
varietal bottling from the Howell Mountain estate
blend · Howell Mountain
Merlot rounded out with a small amount of Petit Verdot
single-vineyard Merlot from the estate's W.S. Keyes Vineyard
W.S. Keyes Vineyard Chardonnay
single-vineyard Chardonnay from the W.S. Keyes Vineyard
blend
limited "Restricted" white bottling, 82% Marsanne and 18% Roussanne
limited ""Restricted"" varietal Chenin Blanc bottling
Restricted Proprietary White Wine
blend
limited "Restricted" white blend: 44% Pinot Blanc, 32% Albariño, 14% Marsanne, 10% Chenin Blanc
8 of 8 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.