One of the most passionate wine producers in Napa Valley, the Benz Family Vineyard has found a unique way to coax the very best character out of their superb Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. The vineyard rests in the legendary Stag's Leap AVA, renowned as the ideal location for producing superior Cabernet Sauvignon wines. And in the world of superlative vineyards, location isn't everything -- it's the only thing. Experience the quinessential Napa Cabernet for yourself: Order a bottle of our 2003 Cabernet today!

Even within the ideal conditions of the Stag's Leap AVA, some vineyards are blessed with a combination of soil and climate that can only be called magical. According to Epicurious, terroir (French for microclimate) "is a term used in the wine world to describe the environmental factors affecting the quality of grapes. The factors, which aren't fully understood yet, include the type of soil, drainage, slope angle, bearing of the sun and amount of sun received by the growing area, altitude, both day and night temperature of the area, wind, and amount of rainfall and time when rainfall occurs. Each of these factors affect grape quality to some degree. They can even create circumstances whereby a small vineyard (or plot within a vineyard) can produce superb grapes while the immediate neighboring land never achieves the same quality."

Terroir may not be fully understood, but it is the defining trait that suffuses the Benz Family Vineyard Cabernet grapes with that special spirit of the precious earth in which they're grown, and that separates a few magnificent Napa Valley Cabernets from the merely excellent. You have but to taste the wine to experience the magic that only the Benz Family Vineyard can produce.