Family Cultivated Vineyards
Windfall Vineyard
Our Windfall Vineyard in Rutherford, Napa Valley epitomizes the Jon Nathaniel philosophy: small, special, and painstakingly hand-farmed. Owned by the Komes family since 1986, this precious gem hosts just 2.2 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon and 1.79 acres of Merlot on organically-farmed, rocky bale loam soils. The vines are tightly spaced, creating competition for nutrients and lowering their overall production. But in this battle, we all win: low yields of incredibly rich and concentrated fruit that are worth the exhaustive work of growing it.
Komes Estate
Within the Komes Family Vineyard is a small sub-block of less than six acres from which we source Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot for our Jon Nathaniel wines. This sub-block, directly adjacent to John Komes’ home in the Rutherford appellation, is itself divided. The Cabernet Franc covers a small, east-facing hillside which slopes down to the north, while the Petit Verdot is planted just below, on a flat area west of Bale Slough. These parcels were planted in the late 1990s and 2000s to a mixture of rootstocks and clones. Featuring deep, well-drained soils derived from mixed rock sources, these blocks are some of the best on the ranch, with vines that yield precious quantities of concentrated, intensely-flavored fruit.
