Wines of California
Neal Family Vineyards
Our family has been walking and working organic vineyards for three generations throughout Napa Valley, the stunning place we get to call home. It’s where we’ve raised our kids and realized our family dream of owning and farming our land and creating the Neal Family brand of wines. Our Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon grows next to our family home, and our Rutherford Dust Cabernet Sauvignon is grown next to the house where I was raised in Rutherford. Our strong family work ethic and certified organic farming roots inspire our small-production handcrafted wines, which evolve with each generation. One thing will always remain the same, and that is our wines are meant to be shared. We love to share our wines with guests to our winery and beyond. We hope you cherish Neal Family wines and our family-farmed vineyards as much as we do!
Volker Eisele Family Estate is situated in the Chiles Valley District, Napa Valley. Cloaked in frequent Pacific fog, and with elevations of 600-1200 feet, the Chiles Valley District is one of the cooler areas of the Napa Valley resulting in a long growing season. The valley’s perfect cabernet climate enhances the development of wines with subtle flavors, full body, and overall complexity.
The Estate’s sixty acres of vineyard grow at elevations of 900 to 1100 feet on east, west and south facing slopes as well as on the valley floor. Soils vary from clay-loam to shale. After purchase of the vineyard property, the Eisele’s began an extensive redevelopment and restoration of both the vineyard acreage and the riparian corridors. The vineyard is planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon. Seven different Cabernet clones have been incorporated to provide diversity of flavor.
Since 1974 the Eisele’s have enriched the vineyard soils through the use of organic farming practices. No herbicides, pesticides or chemical fertilizers have been used. The vineyard is certified as organic by both the California Certified Organic Farmers and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Today the 2nd generation, Alexander and Catherine Eisele continue what began over 50 years ago.