V Madrone

V Madrone Cellars

V Madrone Cellars and our 3.5 acre Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard are located at 3199 St. Helena Hwy. North (Highway 29) just two miles north of St. Helena. V Madrone produces just 500-700 cases of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon each year from our estate vineyard and approximately 200 to 300 cases each of Chardonnay, Old Vines Zinfandel and Petite Sirah sourced from select Napa Valley vineyards. To purchase V Madrone wines please call 707-963-3203 or email vmadrone@sbcglobal.net.

V Madrone Club V Wine Club

The V Madrone Club V Spring 2012 Release is completed and the next release is the Fall 2012 Release of the 2010 V Madrone Petite Sirah Old Vines and 2009 V Madrone Cabernet Sauvignon.  To join Club V please email vmadrone@sbcglobal.net or call us at 914-575-9571 or 707-963-3203.

V Madrone 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon 750 ML (562 Cases) (Library only)

The V Madrone 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested in two lots in October 2005 from our then four year old single site estate vineyard. It was aged 22 months in 88% French oak and 12% American oak barrels (65% new, 35% one year old) and bottled in August 2007. This Cabernet shows beautiful expressive notes of blackberry, plum compote, black licorice, wheat toast, graphite and wet earth. The palate is congruent with the nose in the abundance of dark fruit, depth of character and firm, yet supple tannins.

V Madrone 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon 750 ML (680 Cases)

The V Madrone 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon is a beautiful, complex wine with initial aromas of black cherry, allspice and chocolate followed by an extremely long lasting finish. It possesses a firm core of hillside fruit tannins that soften upon aeration. This wine was aged 22 months in spicy and subtle French oak (90%) and the more vibrant and edgy American oak (10%). It was racked five times in the barrel, allowing clarity and oxygenation to progress naturally. No fining nor filtration was utilized prior to bottling this expressive and ageworthy wine in August, 2008.

V Madrone 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon 750 ML (510 Cases) (Library only)

The V Madrone 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon is the fourth vintage and "sixth leaf" of the V Madrone estate vineyard planted in 2002. The 2007 vintage exhibits aromas and flavors of black cherry, raspberry and Satsuma plum, chocolate, leaf tobacco, and black tea upon aeration or decanting. The 2007 has an incredible entry, firm, full mid-palate and a dense and lingering finish. It is ageworthy, yet able to be enjoyed immediately.

V Madrone 2007 Oakville Petite Sirah 750 ML (227 Cases) (Library only)

The V Madrone 2007 Petite Sirah was harvested from a beautiful single site vineyard in Oakville and was blended with 11% Old Vines Zinfandel. It was aged 18 months in 50% new American oak and 50% in once used French oak barrels and was bottled on April 14, 2009. The V Madrone 2007 Petite Sirah is a big, fruit forward wine, that exhibits a deep ruby-purple color with decadent aromas of toffee, wet earth, plum and manzanita berry and enjoys a full palate of rich satsuma plum jam, dusty cedar box, musk and layers of chocolate mousse cake.

V Madrone 2008 Oakville Petite Sirah 750 ML (247 Cases)

The opaque, purple color of the V Madrone 2008 Petite Sirah predicts a wine of depth and character, with aromas of fresh French plums, violets, blueberry jam and toasted wheat kernels. Upon decanting, the flavors open up and yield layers of Beligian chocolate, Satsuma plum jam and smooth, Costa Rican coffee essence. It has a ripe, rich mouthfeel and and amazingly long lingering finish.

V Madrone 2009 Zinfandel Old Vines 750 ML (285 cases)

The V Madrone 2009 Zinfandel is a full bodied yet versatile wine. It has a beautiful dark-ruby color and aromas of strawberry, dried plum, cedar and molasses. There is a great depth of flavor consisting of Satsuma plum jam, cocoa powder and malt. It is a deep, brooding wine that is immediately pleasing and yet has the structure to enjoy over the next decade.

V Madrone 2009 Carneros Chardonnay 750 ML (397 cases) (Library Only)

The 2009 V Madrone Carneros Chardonnay has a medium straw, light yellow-amber color. Aromatically it has citrus honey, star jasmine and fresh apricot characteristics. On the palate it is full bodied, opulent and tastes of lemon-apple compote, tangerine zest and vanilla bean. It has youthful exuberance and will age well for several years.