Single Vineyard Wines
Each single vineyard wine is a unique and exemplary representation of the vineyard block selected. Honoring the Ballentine history, we farm several different grapes well-suited to the terroir. With three different vineyards in Napa, we are able to make a diverse range of wines.
Pocai Vineyard
Fresh concentrated plum jam with orange peel and Campari hit the nose while the palate is teased with cinnamon, huckleberry, red cherry finishing with a beautiful perfume. Violets and floral roses are secondary notes that accompany blackberry, red cherries and licorice. The 2017 is full bodied and explodes with flavor.
Gold Medal, American Fine Wine Competition
Pocai Vineyard
Highly awarded by the critics, this wine expresses sweet blueberries, raspberries, and baking spices. Floral rose petals and lavender accompany the velvety tannins. An earthy component and baking spices make this wine the big bold Cab Franc we have grown to love!
Betty Ballentine's favorite wine!
93 points, James Suckling
Pocai Vineyard
What a beautiful vintage! Pocai Vineyard has a way of expressing a fruit-forward California wine but also brings large tannins that are integrated to create a powerful yet elegant wine. Black cherry, raspberry, red apple, and fig meet clove, slight olive, tobacco, earl grey tea, and chocolate mousse are all found in this complex wine. This is a big, rich, and robust wine.
93 points, James Suckling
