While we have known about the highest elevation vineyards in Napa Valley for many years, we finally took some time to pinpoint the highest vines on each of these properties. For reference the highest vineyards in Napa Valley are:
The highest vineyard site in Napa County is the Harris Blue Ridge Vineyard planted to Zinfandel; their highest vines are at an elevation of 2,742 feet and are located on the Napa/Solano County line. GPS coordinates of the highest vines: 38.4121411, -122.1149301. The vast majority of this site is in Napa County with a very small section crossing the county line into Solano. We say vineyard site, because this property got hit hard in the LNU Lightning Complex fires of 2020 and we are not sure the vineyard is still being maintained. We will make a trip back up here sometime in spring 2025 to verify.
The second highest vineyard in Napa Valley is Altezia, owned by Merryvale (formerly Lampyridae Vineyard) with vines topping out at 2,625 feet near the summit of Mt. Veeder with the majority of their blocks above 2,500 feet. GPS coordinates of the highest vines: 38.37474, -122.44605.
High elevation vineyards, Napa Valley
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- Harris Blue Ridge
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- Altezia Vineyard
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- Black Sears
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- Paloma
The third highest vineyard in Napa Valley and the highest vineyard on Atlas Peak, Kongsgaard Vineyard features the uppermost vines topping out at 2,447 feet. GPS coordinates of the highest vines: 38.43934, -122.25227.
The highest vineyard on Howell Mountain and perhaps the 4th highest vineyard in Napa Valley is Black Sears Vineyard which tops out at 2,396 feet. GPS coordinates of the highest vines: 38.60157, -122.47217.
For reference, the highest vineyards on Spring Mountain don’t quite reach 2,200 feet and on Diamond Mountain, are slightly above 2,100 feet.
We pulled the above numbers by hovering over all parts of these high elevation vineyards until we located the highest vines – using CalTopo.com.
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