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In 1975, Francis Ford Coppola and his wife Eleanor, purchased Niebaum's Victorian home, along with 1,560 acres (630 ha) of surrounding land. In 1995, Coppola reunited the two original Inglenook parcels by purchasing the grand Inglenook chateau and 94.5 acres (38.2 ha) of surrounding vineyards (neighboring vineyards include Heitz Wine Cellars Martha's Vineyard and Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de ...
The Rutherford AVA is an American Viticultural Area located within Napa Valley AVA and centered on the town of Rutherford, California. The area is known for its unique terroir particularly with its Cabernet Sauvignon .
In later years, the fruit from the J.J. Cohn Estate was sold to Opus One, Joseph Phelps Vineyards, Robert Mondavi Winery and Beaulieu Vineyard. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1990s, a vine pest Phylloxera led to most Napa vineyards being replanted , but the root stock at Scarecrow's fields survived. [ 3 ]
Rutherford is a census-designated place (CDP) in Napa County, California, United States. [3] The population was 115 at the 2020 census . Rutherford is located in the Rutherford AVA (American Viticultural Area) which is located in the larger Napa Valley AVA .
An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated appellation for American wine in the United States distinguishable by geographic, geologic, and climatic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the United States Department of the Treasury. [1]
In the 1950s and 1960s Beaulieu was considered one of the "big four" Napa Valley producers, along with Inglenook (also in Rutherford), Charles Krug, and Louis Martini. [3] In the Ottawa Wine Tasting of 1981, the 1970 vintage of Beaulieu Vineyard George de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon received second place.
[2] [9] In 1864, on the marriage of one of his granddaughters to Thomas Rutherford, Yount gave the couple around 1,000 acres (2 sq mi) of land, which Rutherford dedicated to viticulture. [10] Other pioneers followed in the 1840s and 1850s, by which time vineyards were established in and around Napa City and up the length of the valley to Calistoga.
The vineyard was planted in 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, and 2005. [9] Hill Ranch Vineyard (7.5 vineyard acres) is located on the western side of Napa Valley on the Rutherford Bench, widely regarded as one of the top Cabernet Sauvignon production locations in the world. This vineyard produces Cabernet Sauvignon exclusively.