Abreu Vineyards
Cappella is one of the oldest vineyard sites in St Helena. Six acres that sit next to a Catholic cemetery on the west side of town, it was first planted in 1869. In the 1980s, the church asked David to grub up the old vines, and then he watched as the land lay fallow for about two decades. When he finally got the chance to replant, he jumped at it. He had tasted fruit from Cappella in the 1970s. He knew what kind of wine he could make. But that first replanting was unsuccessful thanks to diseased rootstocks, and once again he was uprooting vines. “It took us six years before we had a crop. We could have ignored it, ripping out the vines one by one as they collapsed. But then we would have all these different ripening patterns, which would impact on consistency. It was an easy decision.
Address
P.O. Box 89, Rutherford, CA 94573 707-963-3465 info@abreuvineyards.com
