Wines
The Larkmead wine collection includes four prominent labels and each wine presents distinct portraits of the large and varied estate. The Larkmead Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is assembled from a range of blocks, blending all of the many soil types and clonal selections together into a single complex whole. The Larkmead Firebelle Estate Red Wine is a traditional Bordeaux style blend, prominently featuring Merlot. The Larkmead Lillie Estate Sauvignon Blanc is crafted in tiny quantities and displays truly distinct character of the varietal when grown in our warmer Calistoga location. The flagship wine is the Larkmead Solari Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, crafted from blocks that best capture the balance and purity of the estate vineyard. The Larkmead Solari Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is a classic expression of Napa Valley Cabernet with notes of bramble, violets, and baking spices that are signatures of the storied Larkmead estate.
Throughout the years, Larkmead Vineyards has produced a handful of wines for a limited number of vintages, such as LMV Salon Estate Red Blend, Dr. Olmo Estate Cabernet Sauvignon and The Lark. These bottlings showcase the diversity of terroir across the storied estate, when a given vintage blesses the vineyards with distinct fruit deserving of bottling on its own.
“The wines at Larkmead have always beautifully showcased a sense of time and place. Focusing our continued efforts to convert to organic and sustainable farming, we are afforded the highest quality grapes which allow us to make wines with incredible distinction and balance.”
- Avery Heelan, Winemaker
The wines are available for purchase through a Solari Membership or by making an appointment to visit the historic vineyard estate. Select wines can be purchased online by joining the Mailing List.
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1 Fruit sampling is vital when making harvest decisions.
2 The morning fog burns off right on schedule.
3 Small lot fermenters allow us to capture the unique terroir of each vineyard parcel.
4 Winemaker Avery Heelan sampling wine from barrel.
5 Our red wines age for 20 months in French Oak before bottling.
6 The 2013 vintage rolling off the bottling line.