Since its genesis, the dream of Amizetta Vineyards has been to create, administer and reside upon our family estate vineyards. We envisioned growing the absolute highest quality wine grapes, in one of the most renowned wine producing regions in the world: Napa Valley, California.
Amizetta vineyards was established in 1979 when Amizetta and Spencer Clark moved from Texas to a magnificent property just outside the small town of Saint Helena in Northern California's Napa Valley. The winery & vineyards were developed at a 1,000 ft. elevation in the eastern hills overlooking Lake Hennessey on the southern tip of the Howell mountain range.
The vineyards were planted in the early 1980s on an extremely steep, stony & porous terrain making for arduous grape growing with limited grape yields. Combined with intensive hillside water stress conditions and vast southern exposure, these vineyards have historically brought forth spectacular grapes.
For many years a small percentage of our total harvest was sold to a select few of Napa Valley's most famous wineries. Beginning with the 2002 harvest, all Amizetta Vineyards estate grapes were exclusively used in the making of Amizetta estate wines, with our most select grapes from the "little vineyard of the wild turkeys" going into our signature label.
Our Amizetta estate wines began in 1984. Today they are a culmination of years of experimentation to produce the noblest grapes from specifically selected areas in our vineyards. This is combined with our on-going wine analysis program, determining varying degrees and combinations of French oak barrel aging.
The result yields wines of complexity and total structural balance, permitting superior cellar aging capability. We now produce about 2,000 cases annually of our limited release Estate Bottled Cabernet Sauvignon and Complexity. Exquisite wines of elegance and finesse.
The mastery of the wine making is guided by the legendary and skillful hands of devoted winemaker, Bob Egelhoff. His achievements with our grapes are undoubtedly some of the finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Meritage wines in the world today. His remarkable abilities and continued efforts are unrelenting in his goal to maintain and pursue an endless degree of perfection in our wines. A true master vintner possessing inspirational philosophies of winemaking.
Amizetta Vineyards takes great pride in its ability to combine an ideal vineyard location with the perfect grape varieties to create wines in grand unique styles. Although Amizetta wines are primarily sold through our mail order, they are also distributed in many areas of the United States, and may be found in some of the finest restaurants and wine shops.
Graced upon this breathtaking mountain setting, we continue our quarter century history of growing extraordinary grapes while realizing our dream of making rare and stellar wines, a progressive, enduring reality that reflects Amizetta Vineyards' single resolute philosophy: Create world class wines.
