Accolades
Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc
Lyndenhurst Cabernet Sauvignon
“Amazing what a family they all are… Claret-like, refreshing. All wonderfully delicate and elegant, with marked acidity and great balance.”
Jancis Robinson Renowned Author and Master of Wine
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Medium-bodied and firmly textured by superbly ripe, grainy tannins, it has a fantastic core of intense, complex layers, finishing on an edifying mineral note. Wow!
Robert Parker Vertical Tasting
Spottswoode is a monopole vineyard, completely owned by the Novak family, who purchased it in 1972 and have managed it with the inspired leadership of Mary Novak and the rest of the family.
Brian Freedman, Forbes
What makes a wine truly great? It’s an especially difficult question to answer in the United States.
Jeb Dunnuck, Jebdunnuck.com
Spottswoode: Napa’s Undeniable First Growth
Owned by the Novak family since 1972, with a storied history going back to 1882, Spottswoode Estate lies on the western edge of St. Helena…
Alder Yarrow’s Vinography
Great wines are always tapestries of story, with people and place making up the warp and weft of their fabric. When a family stays long enough in one place, they grow roots that can never fully come free from the soil.
Ashley Hausman and Martin Reyes, JancisRobinson.com
Organic farming may have been the starting point, but Spottswoode soon realized this alone misses the bigger picture – the systemic nature of sustainability.
Lettie Teague, The Wall Street Journal
Though Napa is known mostly for its Cabernet Sauvignon, and for rather run-of-the-mill Sauvignon Blanc, a wave of ambitious Napa Sauvignons is garnering praise in high places.
Tom Hyland, Forbes
Essentially, the esteem and renown of Napa Valley can be traced to one wine—Cabernet Sauvignon.