Chappellet Winery

Chappellet Winery is a pioneering family-owned estate on Napa Valley’s Pritchard Hill, founded in 1967 by Donn and Molly Chappellet. One of the first significant post-Prohibition wineries in the region, it helped establish the reputation of high-elevation, hillside vineyards in Napa, with its early Cabernet Sauvignons—particularly the 1969 vintage—showing the power and longevity possible from mountain-grown fruit. Today the second generation of the Chappellet family oversees the estate, working with longtime winema…