Vineyards

Crystal Springs Helms Hershey Lotus Montagna

Crystal Springs Vineyard

The Crystal Springs Vineyard is the root note for the ONDA Cabernet chord, providing the broad structure and ripe, black fruit at its foundation. This dry-farmed site in the west-facing foothills of the Vaca Mountains brings both intense power and exquisite fruit purity to the blend, with deep bass notes of blackberry pie and dark plum.

Helms Vineyard

The historic Helms Vineyard, located in the northern point of the Rutherford appellation, adds a counterpoint of exquisitely perfumed aromatics as well as elegant fullness on the mid-palate. Helms’s valley floor soils produce wines with refined natural viscosity, fine-grained cocoa powder tannins, and beautiful plum, red fruit and purple floral high notes. This former site of viticulturist H.W. Helms’s 19th century stone winery is today the home of DANA Estates.

Hershey Vineyard

The diverse terrain of Hershey Vineyard contributes complexity and length to ONDA Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as the fresh, vibrant core of ONDA Sauvignon Blanc. Red wines from this high-elevation Howell Mountain site provide elegant length to the palate with their linear tannin structure, gliding smoothly from front to back. Hershey’s varied soil types and exposures also impart savory components and minerality to the wine.

Lotus Vineyard

This rocky, five-acre vineyard is located on the eastern hillside of Napa Valley, just below Howell Mountain, within the newly designated Crystal Springs appellation. With virtually no topsoil, Lotus Vineyard compels the vines to root deep into the iron-rich, fractured bedrock, yielding concentrated fruit with extraordinary power, breadth and length. The vineyard’s diverse terrain, ranging from southwest-facing to north-facing slopes with gradients as steep as 45 degrees, allows for maximum unobstructed hours in the sun, producing DANA’s most powerful fruit.
The terroir produces a wonderful complexity of aromas, introducing spice, graphite, and chocolate to the muscular black fruit as the wine blooms on the palate. A perennial critic’s favorite, Lotus Vineyard is DANA’s most robust Cabernet Sauvignon.

Montagna Vineyard

Montagna Vineyard sits 1,300 feet above the valley floor on Pritchard Hill. The terrain is steep and rocky, with red soils rich in volcanic ash and alluvial deposits, providing excellent drainage with limited water retention. Vines are forced to struggle, resulting in smaller yields and more concentrated fruit. Montagna’s elevation allows for a large diurnal temperature variation, preserving acidity and energy within the wine. The unique combination of ideal growing conditions, rugged terrain, and volcanic soils, creates a wine with power, structure, and intense complexity.

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Composing Harmony

Every vineyard brings its own tone, cadence, and dynamic. Winemaker Maura Johnson assembles these unique elements into magnificent harmonies that honor their vintage.

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