Chimney Rock Winery Review

Always loved Chimney Rock s Cab, visited for the first time and did not disappoint. Pete George was our wine educator. Pete gave us an excellent tour and was extremely knowledgeable. Very pleasant experience along with a wonderful selection of Cabs.

Open during covid-19. Reservation only, patio seating, tables far apart. Great ambiance, great wine!

Donna was fantastic!!! We had a great experience tasting and can't wait to go back!

My absolute favorite winery. The wines here are simply fabulous. The winery itself is on a beautiful spot just below the mountains. Their barrel room is great for larger groups and the staff is very knowledgable and helpful.

I just got back from Napa after celebrating my 40th! I was so impressed with Maria from Chimney Rock winery. She welcomed my party of 5 with enthusiasm which I truly appreciated after being blown off at a few previous wineries. We tasted Chimney Rock's amazing wines especially the cab! Maria was knowledgable about the Stag's Leap vineyards, terrior and the awesome story about the location being a previous golf course. She was so patient with my group of loud excited friends and entertained us for at least 2 hours. A special THANKS to Maria for a wonderful experience. We just received our wine club case in the mail and enjoyed a bottle of the Stags Leap cab last night. I highly recommend making an appointment for a wine tasting at this special winery.

Live near the area and have been to Napa a few times. Unfortunately our experience today was one of the worst in the valley. First, our hostess Nicole sat us down for our wines and pretty much left us for the rest of the time. We didn t get any history on the winery, and no information on the wines we were drinking even when asked. We asked to try the Cabernet Franc and was forgotten, she didn t say if she had it or not. Other tables surrounding us were offered to try other wines already opened but our table was again ignored and weren t offered any. All in all we felt ignored and underwhelmed.

Tasting is expensive for what it is and the wines were only ok, not deserving of their price. Way better value can be found at other wineries in and around Napa.

2 stars because the wine is good and estate grown; downgraded because this what Napa has devolved to somewhat:. a tourist clip joint with $50 tasting fees; so 2 of you go, your "personal wine educator" wiil focus on you to purchase and join the wine club and you need to purchase $300 in wine or join the club to avoid the 2 x $50 fee

There is not a bad place in Napa, All the wine is fabulous.

Nancye was our hostess and she was amazing. Very personable , sweet and very funny. The wine was wonderful and we will definitely be back!

Really enjoyed our tasting with Tom. Beautiful patio and the wine were interesting...tasted more natural than some of the other Cabs we ve had this trip.

I felt like we were an inconvenience to them here. Although their wines were nice, I def felt like they were talking down to us. As the sister winery to Rutherford Hill Winery, we were hoping the experience would be as nice and pleasant as it was there. Unfortunately it was not and was the complete opposite. If you were a member you could sit out in their garden area. There was no place to enjoy a glass of wine and you couldn't bring food in nor did they offer any food for purchase. We were treated with respect and kindness at every other winery we went to.

Josh was AWESOME! Extremely knowledgeable and an overall pleasure to talk to. Loved the tasting and atmosphere. Highly recommend

I absolutely LOVED this winery!!!
The landscaping alone takes your breath away, but then you are greeted warmly with a pleasant "Welcome to Chimney Rock" & you know you're in for a wonderful experience.
The wines are lovely & the staff are friendly.
PLUS, this winery is Animal Friendly
Highly recommend for wine lovers or landscape enthusiasts

Fantastic wine but rather pretentious and expensive. Unless your a member, not worth it IMO.

Cute little Whinery with a western theme. Wines are not expensive and staff is friendly.

An absolute joy of an afternoon. Great host, great wine, great to be with our kids (yes +21).

Small beatiful winery. Just 103 acres of vineyards. Mostly Cabernet. Loved their tour. Teh cab is mostly 100% and all in house grown. Donna was awesome tour guide.

Fantastic tasting, knowledgeable wine educators, and beautiful property. Wines were well curated, and similar vintages were poured together to illustrate differences. We had Craig as our wine educator, and he was both knowledgeable and welcoming/flexible to our tastes and timeline

Chimney Rock has very lovely, simple landscaping in front of building (beautiful flowers). The wines here, while decent, left me unimpressed (keep in mind, I am not wine critic by any stretch of the imagination, just my opinion). Staff was easy going, but the crowd was very quiet (a little too quiet) and not much else was happening. One note, there are several different flights to choose from.

We just returned from Napa and visited 13 vineyards during our 3 full days there (2 were full tours). This was our last stop of the day - the staff made the tasting a truly enjoyable conclusion to our travel down the Silverado Trail. home to some of the most elegant Cabernet Sauvignon produced on American soil.

We sampled several top-rated wines in this charming tasting room and strolled outside to take in the view of their vineyard.

The 119-acre vineyards surround some of Silverado Trail s most striking architecture. The Cape Dutch-style winery buildings, modeled after wineries in South Africa, gleam with whitewashed walls, high roofs, and curved gables. The dramatic Palisades, a cluster of jagged basalt formations high on Atlas Ridge, form the backdrop for the graceful stucco structures.

Great selection of cabs. Liked the fact that the winery is green and vegan.

Last year was my husbands first visit to Napa. Out of all the wineries we visited, he chose Chimney Rock to join their wine club. We live in Ohio, so this past week was our first time back since joining the club. We obviously aren't taking advantage of the many options for wine club members that are local. Upon entering, we stated we were members and the hostess handed us the first tasting and proceeded to ignore us the rest of the time we were there and they weren't even busy. We were so irritated, we left without asking for anything else and will be cancelling our wine club membership. You would think with the money we spent with them over the past year, you would be treated better. Unbelievable.

Great care and time has been put into these wines. They have always been one of our favorites!!!

Really enjoyed the wine at Chimney Rock. There is a tasting fee here. We ended up buying a few bottles of the wine. Had a very nice experience and will continue to visit this winery and drink their wines. They have a wine club program that you can join if you are interested. Ask anyone in the wine room for details.

Wonderful reds. The Terlato Cab 2009 was great, but the Elevage Merlot/Cab was phenomenal!

Beautiful vineyard with an amazing patio for tasting.

Our visit to Chimney Rock was the high point of our Napa tour -- Zach was an exceptional host, and walked us through the history of the vineyard, as well as his own long history in the Valley -- and why Chimney Rock is a special winemaker. The tasting patio below the Cape Dutch-style main house is a perfect place to sample the fine wines on offer. Chimney Rock wines are not the most affordable, but we judged their quality to easily justify their price--we look forward to our next visit!

Good wine but have to spend a lot for complimentary tastings.

Breathtaking scenery. Great ambience, although kind of pricy for the wine selection they served (red wines were too young to be drink).

Really great wine and really great people.
We LOVE the Terlato family.

Love this place! Personable and not stuffy at all. Great wines and the people are even better.

We visited the day before Christmas and were the only people there so we had more of a private wine tasting experience. The tasting is relatively expensive but the wines are first class and enough to serious impress cab fans.

Nice place. But not one of my favorite tasteing. The employees and grounds were great .

Friendly staff, generous pours, great wine, cute outdoor area. Even let us split the tasting into three glasses for three people so we could drive afterwards. Also, check out the event space - such a cool room!

Fantastic tour/tasting. A little pricey but worth it when you consider the quality of wine and the size of the pours. Tasting from the barrels is also a fun experience.

Loved the wines but staff in tasting room was extremely unprofessional. We were wine club members for nearly 10 Year. On our last experience we cancelled our membership and will stop drinking their wine.
The good news was we did find a new winery to replace Chimney Rock. Elizabeth Spencer is the winery and have both great wines as well as professional staff.

We tried to have a wine tasting at the tasting room and we are rudely turned away Hostess was very unaccomadating. We probably would have spent $2000 but hostess was rude. We will not be returning ever not recommending them ever again .

Excellent wines and friendly employees. I was a guest of a wine club member so we tasted wine in the reserve room. The conversations were fun and lively and the wine pours were generous.

We met some friendly members who were also tasting wine too....it was like a party atmosphere and a lot of fun!

Wonderful wine, great tour and tasting! Our hostess, Maria Dempsey was exceptionally knowledgeable, attentive, and pleasant to our whole group.
We can t wait to receive our first wines as new wine club members, and we are already exploring some of their wine tours and cruises!

Haven't been since they redid some of their buildings but the wine and wine educators are great.