Smith-Madrone: Mountain Winemaking at its Best
I have a thing for mountainside vineyards. Growing vines on the side of a mountain is definitely not the easiest place to grow them, but some of the most interesting and complex wines I’ve tasted are grown there. Smith-Madrone wines are both. They are also elegant, unexpected and affordable. Affordable and Napa Valley are sometimes mutually exclusive with regard to wine. Today we are tasting Smith-Madrone’s current release wines from the 2019 vintage.
Smith-Madrone: Mountain Winemaking at its Best
I have a thing for mountainside vineyards. Growing vines on the side of a mountain is definitely not the easiest place to grow them, but some of the most interesting and complex wines I’ve tasted are grown there. Smith-Madrone wines are both. They are also elegant, unexpected and affordable. Affordable and Napa Valley are sometimes mutually exclusive with regard to wine. Today we are tasting Smith-Madrone’s current release wines from the 2019 vintage.
Smith-Madrone Vineyards & Winery: Elegant and Affordable, Always
Stuart and Charles Smith are the proprietors of Smith-Madrone Vineyards & Winery, located on the slopes of Spring Mountain above Napa Valley. The winery name combine the Smiths' name with the madrone tree, the predominant tree on the 200-acre ranch. The property had been planted to vines in an earlier century, but by the time Stu purchased the property, and founded Smith-Madrone in 1971, little evidence of that prior effort remained. Today, two rows of 120-year-old Picholine olive trees stand majestically as a reminder of the property’s history.
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