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Cabernet Sauvignon
Niebaum's old estate. Rubicon is the bottle; the grounds are why you go.
- Ask for
- Rubicon
- The visit
- Book the estate tasting. Walk the gardens after.
How this place works
This is not Burgundy. You book, you pay a tasting fee, you sit. Walk-in still exists in St. Helena and Calistoga; the good rooms want a reservation. Don't drive the tasting.
Best window: April–June and September–October. August is hot; weekends are a parking lot.
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On the trip
Oakville to Calistoga, one long day
1 day, with a driver
Three rooms, lunch in St. Helena, no heroics. Spit if you still have to get on a plane.
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