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Editorial profile
Merryvale Vineyards is a St. Helena winery on Main Street, in a building first raised in 1933 as the Sunnyhill Winery — the first winery built in Napa Valley after Prohibition's repeal, and briefly the training ground for Robert and Peter Mondavi under their father Cesare. The Merryvale label began in 1983; Swiss-born Jack Schlatter and his son René became sole owners in 1996 and subsequently planted the estate's hillside vineyards (Profile, Peridot, Altezia) on Mt. Veeder and above St. Helena.
Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux blends from these mountain and valley-floor sites anchor the portfolio, held for extended barrel and bottle aging before release; Chardonnay (Silhouette, from the historic Stanly Ranch Vineyard in Carneros) and a run of Sonoma Coast/Petaluma Gap Chardonnay and Pinot Noir under the Sun Chase and Durell vineyard designations round out the range, alongside small-lot bottlings such as Petite Arvine — one of only two California plantings of the Swiss white variety. Jean Hoefliger serves as consulting winemaker.
Facts read from merryvale.com
What's on file
Address
1000 MAIN ST
Where it's registered
Hovering a shaded region names it; a click opens its page.
- Principal1000 MAIN ST, SAINT HELENA
The ground it sits on
Sub-AVA · St. Helena
6.3
pH, 1:1 water
16.8cm
, whole profile
155cm
to
Well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 41 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 22.4%
- 22.0%
- 16.8%
- 11.4%
- 5.9%
41 map units · soil described over 97.9% of the region’s area · 3.8% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 37% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Wines
Bordeaux blend from the 25-acre hillside Profile Estate Vineyard; composition not stated
Bordeaux blend from the Peridot Estate Vineyard on Mt. Veeder; composition not stated
high-elevation Bordeaux blend from the Altezia Estate Vineyard on Mt. Veeder; composition not stated
from the historic Stanly Ranch Vineyard
St. Helena- Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon · St. Helena
sourced from the Profile Estate Vineyard
Mt. Veeder- Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon · Mt. Veeder
from the Altezia Estate Vineyard
100% Syrah from the Altezia Estate Vineyard
non-vintage methode champenoise sparkling wine; exact composition not stated
barrel-fermented
from a 0.6-acre parcel at the Stanly Ranch Estate Vineyard, one of two California plantings of the variety
100% Pinot Noir, from the Stanly Ranch Estate Vineyard on the Napa side of Carneros
from the Sunchase Vineyard
from the Sunchase Vineyard
from the Durell Vineyard
Cabernet Sauvignon · Napa Valley
blended from vineyards spanning Coombsville to St. Helena
red blend; composition not stated
Bordeaux blend; composition not stated
Classics Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc
100% Sauvignon Blanc
solera-method dessert wine, template originated at Beaulieu Vineyard under André Tchelistcheff
24 of 24 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.