Seavey Vineyard

Seavey Vineyard
1310 Conn Valley Road
St. Helena, California
USA 94574
Phone: (707) 963-8339
http://www.seaveyvineyard.com

Contact: William Seavey
Email: [email protected]

The most underrated great Cabernet produced in Napa Valley....with perhaps the best second label wine in Napa, the Caravina Cabernet…keep in mind I have Seaveys going back to 1990 in my cellar.”
- Robert Parker, Wine Critic, The Wine Advocate, Dec 2008.
2007 Seavey Cabernet [RP: 96+ Points]
2005 Seavey Cabernet [RP: 95+]
2003 Seavey Cabernet [RP: 96]
1997 Seavey Cabernet [RP: 96]
1991 Seavey Cabernet [RP: 97]

In the early 1870's, Swiss immigrant Charles Volper acquired a 143 acre parcel along a lovely stream, which flowed down the center of Conn Valley, an eastern spur of the Napa Valley. He planted grapevines on the south facing hillsides, and purchased dairy cattle, which he grazed in the pasture below. He had a handsome stone dairy barn constructed in 1881, the same year he added stone retaining walls in support of the bridge across Conn Creek.

Charles Volper subsequently entered into a partnership with Georges Crochat, a French immigrant, which they called the Franco-Swiss Farming Company. They built a wooden winery in Volper's large front pasture which borders his entrance trail from Conn Valley Road.
In 1981, Seavey hired Roy Raymond and his vineyard crew to assist him in replanting the original Volper vineyards. Initially, Seavey sold the resulting grapes to Raymond vineyard and other wineries. From the outset to this day all Seavey Vineyard wiens have been entirely estate produced from Seavey Vineyard grapes.

In 1989, the Seaveys renovated the original 1881 stone dairy barn as their winery and tasting room, and in 1990 made their inaugural vintages of Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay under the Seavey Vineyard label, adding Merlot in 1994 and their second Cabernet label, Caravina, in 1999. The success of their early vintages encouraged them to expand production, especially of Cabernet Sauvignon, and required construction of a second winery building in 2000.

In 2003, the Seaveys installed one of the first solar energy systems used by a Napa Valley winery. The project eliminates 24,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions annually. The Seavey's current vineyard foreman has lived on the property since 1985; they practice old world grape growing techniques while utilizing modern technology.

Winemaker: Jeremy Weintraub

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