Founding owner · 2026 vintage
Rutherford Estate
Rutherford, USA · from $550
Own a few vines
from $550
Buy a share of a lot by the vine — 5-vine minimum. Your bottles are allocated pro-rata at release.
Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon
90% Cabernet Sauvignon · 6% Merlot · 4% Petit Verdot
$175/vine · 1.3 btl/vine
Estate Reserve Cabernet
Cabernet Sauvignon
$240/vine · 1 btl/vine
Rutherford Merlot
88% Merlot · 12% Cabernet Sauvignon
$110/vine · 1.6 btl/vine
Or take the whole block
Your name on the block across multiple vintages — every call is yours. Reserve it with a fully refundable $500 deposit.
- Guest checkout — account made after you pay
- We farm it; you make every winemaking call
- Ships worldwide, or free pickup at the estate
- Secure checkout — payments powered by Stripe
The wines
3 lots enrolling at Rutherford.
Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon
90% Cabernet Sauvignon · 6% Merlot · 4% Petit Verdot
A Rutherford Cabernet carries the district's famous 'dust', with cassis and black cherry over cedar and dried herb and a dusty, structured tannin.
- Pairs with
- grilled ribeye, roast lamb, aged cheese
- Serve
- Serve 17-18°C; decant 90 minutes to reveal the dusty tannins.
- Cellar
- Drinkable at five years; ages well 12-20 years.
1.3 btl / vine
$175/vine
Estate Reserve Cabernet
Cabernet Sauvignon
An estate reserve Cabernet is the most concentrated, with black currant and dark cherry over mocha and graphite and a dense, long, age-worthy core.
- Pairs with
- dry-aged steak, rack of lamb, braised beef
- Serve
- Serve 17-18°C; decant two hours for this concentrated reserve.
- Cellar
- Built to cellar; hold 8-10 years and drink over two decades.
1 btl / vine
$240/vine
Rutherford Merlot
88% Merlot · 12% Cabernet Sauvignon
A Rutherford Merlot is plush and rounded, with red plum and black cherry over cocoa and sweet spice and soft, generous tannins.
- Pairs with
- roast pork, duck breast, mushroom risotto
- Serve
- Serve 16-17°C; a brief decant suits this supple red.
- Cellar
- Round and ready now; holds 6-10 years.
1.6 btl / vine
$110/vine
What you receive
A year of the vintage, in your hands.
Samples all season
Verijuice, post-ferment, barrel, and finished wine — shipped as the vintage takes shape.
A vote at every fork
Pick date, fermentation, barrels, and where the blend lands. The real calls, with your input.
Watch it live
Livestream access to harvest at dawn, the cellar, and bottling day, from anywhere.
Your bottles at release
Allocated pro-rata to your vines, with the crew's name on the back label next to yours.
The place
Why the wine tastes like here.
- Region
- Rutherford, USA
- Soil
- Gravelly, sandy alluvial loam — the famed dusty 'Rutherford dust' bench
- Climate
- Warm, sun-soaked valley floor moderated by evening bay fog
- Elevation
- 55–130 m
- Wines enrolling
- 3 crew lots
Vine to bottle
You’re there for the whole year.
Jan
Dormant pruning
Feb
Cane tying
Mar
Bud break
Apr
Shoots grow
May
Flowering
Jun
Fruit set
Jul
Canopy
Aug
Véraison
Sep
Harvest
Oct
Cap punch
Nov
Barrel down
Dec
Barrel samples
Follow the season
The Rutherford growing year, by the numbers.
Weather is live and real, updated hourly. The season curve is typical for this region’s latitude and climate, replaced by your crew’s readings once farming begins.
29% humidity · wind 14 km/h
815 growing degree days · last 90 days
Last 14 days · high / low °C
7-day forecast
Sun
39°
15°
Overc
Mon
39°
12°
Fog
Tue
41°
11°
Fog
Wed
40°
15°
Clear
Thu
40°
15°
Clear
Fri
41°
16°
Clear
Sat
42°
16°
Clear
Hemisphere
Northern
Right now
Véraison
Harvest
September · ~43d
Target ripeness
~25°Brix
Véraison ~60% across the home block — color coming on fast
5h ago
Brix sampled at 20° — tracking on pace for harvest
Yesterday
Crew vote opens Friday: pick-date window
2 days ago
Light leaf-pull on the morning side for even ripening
4 days ago
Deficit irrigation dialed back to concentrate flavor
5 days ago
Sample activity. Your crew’s live feed from Rutherford appears here once the vintage begins.
BarrelLogicSeason progress
Typical · Apr–Oct
Typical ripeness
Typical · véraison to harvest
Beyond the bottle
Your vintage, end to end.
One vine, three rooms — own it here, steer it in BarrelLogic, and taste the wider world at BarrelTaster. It’s all one ecosystem.
SplitVineyards
Your vines at Rutherford and the wine they make — a few by the vine, or the whole block.
You're hereBarrelLogic
Track your vintage bud break to barrel — ripeness, the cellar, samples, and every winemaking vote — in the winery's operating system.
Visit BarrelLogicBarrelTaster
Not ready to own a whole vintage? Taste finished wines from across the world first.
Explore at BarrelTasterWhat you’ll actually decide.
We farm it; the calls are yours. Over the vintage your crew votes the real forks — tracked and tallied in BarrelLogic.
Pick date
Call harvest by the ripeness numbers and the forecast.
Fermentation
Whole-cluster or destemmed, native or inoculated yeast.
Barrels & oak
New vs. neutral wood, cooperage, and time in barrel.
The blend
Where the final wine lands — lot by lot, with the crew.
Buy with confidence
Owning a vintage, without the worry.
You’re among the first owners of this estate’s crews. Questions about delivery, duties, or how a season is handled where you live?
Talk to us firstRefundable block deposit
Reserve a whole block with a fully refundable deposit — no commitment until you decide.
Secure checkout
Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card details.
Real provenance
Your bottles are tied to your vines, with your name on the back label at release.
Ships worldwide or free pickup
We ship to you, or you collect at the estate for free — your call.
Questions
Everything you might be wondering.
No — check out as a guest. We create your account after you pay so you can follow your vines and manage shipments.
Make the Rutherford vintage yours.
Buy a few vines or lease the whole block — no account needed until checkout. We farm it; you make every call and the wine is yours.
Choose your vines — from $550