March 6, 2025, Yountville, CA—Cliff Lede Vineyards has increased its Napa Valley estate vineyard holdings with the acquisition of 7.5 acres of prime vineyards in the Stags Leap District AVA, a vineyard property contiguous to their own. The vineyard, formerly owned by the Andelin family, was originally planted to Cabernet Sauvignon in the 1980s and has been farmed and leased by Cliff Lede Vineyards since the winery was founded in 2002. It borders the eastern edge of Cliff Lede’s Rhythm Vineyard near the winery’s tasting room on Yountville Cross Road. Cliff Lede’s total estate Napa Valley vineyard holdings are now over 160 acres across Stags Leap District, Calistoga and Carneros.
“We have been interested in maximizing the potential of this site for quite some time and jumped at the opportunity to expand our Stags Leap District estate,” says General Manager and COO Jason Lede. “We intend to replant the vineyard with a focus on Cabernet Sauvignon utilizing the same level of precision farming and clonal selection of our neighboring blocks, which have really impressed us in recent years.”
Two distinct vineyards comprise the Stags Leap District home estate of Cliff Lede Vineyards: Poetry and Rhythm. From the beginning, the steep rocky hillside Poetry Vineyard has had a strong identity as the primary source of the iconic “Poetry” Cabernet Sauvignon. The subtly sloping section to the west, known as the Rhythm Vineyard, is the primary source for “Rhythm” Cabernet Sauvignon, which made its debut as a single vineyard bottling with the 2021 vintage.
Outside their home appellation, the Lede family recently divested its Anderson Valley holdings (Savoy Vineyard) to focus on continued investment in Napa Valley. “Growing and producing Cabernet Sauvignon in Napa Valley is what we do best and it’s what we are most passionate about,” says Lede. In 2013, Cliff Lede Vineyards expanded with the purchase of a 20-acre vineyard in Calistoga at the base of Diamond Mountain then doubled in size after acquiring an 87-acre vineyard in Carneros in 2020. These additional estate vineyards throughout Napa Valley provide Director of Winemaking Christopher Tynan with a spectrum of top-quality fruit to incorporate into several Cliff Lede bottlings.
About Cliff Lede Vineyards
First established by Cliff Lede in 2002 with the purchase of 60 acres in the Stags Leap District, Cliff Lede Vineyards has become a leading family-owned producer of Bordeaux variety wines with more than 160 acres of estate vineyards across Stags Leap District, Calistoga and Carneros. The 25,000 square foot Howard Backen-designed winery and network of caves provide an ideal home for Cliff Lede’s wine production. Over the last two decades, the winery’s flagship estate bottling, Poetry Cabernet Sauvignon, has been awarded multiple 100-point scores across critical publications. Winemaking is led by Director of Winemaking Christopher Tynan and Winemaker Travis Bullard. The Cliff Lede Vineyards’ tasting room offers a complete Napa Valley lifestyle experience where the best in wine, music, art, architecture and nature intersect. A variety of indoor and outdoor tasting experiences and private tours, including tasting in the newly remodeled Backstage Tasting Lounge, are available with advance reservation, daily from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
