One of the oldest operating wineries in Napa Valley, with origins on this site going back to 1886. The stone winery building along Highway 29 north of St. Helena dates from 1895 and was restored in 1967 when the current Freemark Abbey partnership relaunched production. The estate specialises in single-vineyard Cabernets — particularly the Bosché and Sycamore Vineyards bottlings — and a honeyed late-harvest Riesling made in years when Botrytis develops in the valley.
Tastings are held in the original stone building, which retains its vaulted wine cellar. The winery also houses a candle and gift shop in the adjoining space — a legacy of a commercial tenant from the 1960s — and the complex is easy to browse. Worth pairing with a visit to Charles Krug just down the road, the other historic northern anchor of St. Helena's winery corridor.