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Ristow Estate is located in the eastern hills of Napa Valley between Silverado Trail and Soda Canyon Road, a few hundred yards south of the Stag¹s Leap District. When we first thought about planting a vineyard on this property specialists believed it was an impossible venture because of the exceedingly rocky terrain. After extensive soil testing, it was then determined the terroir would provide an ideal setting for Cabernet Sauvignon; a location which would compel the vines to struggle for nutrients, therefore producing intensive fruit. In 1989, heavy machinery broke and cleared the rocks from nine acres and Block I was planted to Cabernet Sauvignon.