Took the cave tour on New Years Day, we didn't have many tour options because of the holiday.Iit's mostly Cab/Cab blends and I didn't realize you taste...

I've toured the Del Dotto Estate cave a couple times, and the Atlas Peak location a few times, and always find the wine to be fantastic, and the tours to be...

My husband and I took the cave tour. During our tour the guide uncorked a barrel and from built up pressure in the barrel, red wine came spraying out. My...

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One of the cult favourites in Napa due to the idiosyncrasy of the tasting style of Del Dotto.

You embark on a tour involving tasting about 16 wines direct from the barrel, no mean feat. Our host was Damien who had tasted with us at Nickel and Nickel. He was a great host and very competent. The tour however, I felt was designed to sell volumes rather than quality and only one or two of the 16 were worth the relatively high prices. My favourite was the 9 Oaks a unique Cabernet matured in barrels made from 9 different oak trees.

The locals call this vineyard amusingly Del Blotto and if we had swallowed all 16 wines I can see why.

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The $40 cave tour is an excellent experience - roam the dimly-lit labyrinth, drink great wines directly from the barrel, enjoy softly pumped-in light 'opera' and 90s favorites and let your charming Fresno-native guide regale you with tales of well-ventilated overalls and Eastern European oak from Belgium. A definite Napa Valley highlight.

Note: we went to the 'Historic Winery & Tasting Room' on Atlas Peak Rd., not the super-fancy new location pictured here. Our favorites included the 2007 Pinot Noir that opened the session and the 2007 Giovanni's Tuscan Reserve, which my esteemed tasting partner said tasted like 'Christmas'.