Melanson is a small, estate-focused project on Napa’s Pritchard Hill, founded in 1988 by Greg Melanson. The site sits around 1,200 feet above the fog line, giving it full-day sun and the kind of mountain exposure that has made this ridge one of Napa’s most coveted Cabernet zones. The vineyard covers about 10.5 acres planted to Cabernet Sauvignon (primarily Clones 7 and 337), rooted in rocky Sobrante and clay-loam soils that limit vigor and keep yields low. Production is limited, with fruit occasionally appearing in top single-vineyard bottlings from producers who source from the site. Winemaking follows a classic Napa approach, with Cabernet typically aged in French oak and released in small allocations. Located on Pritchard Hill above Lake Hennessey, Melanson Vineyard has long supplied Cabernet Sauvignon fruit from one of Napa Valley's best-regarded hillside neighborhoods. Matthew's Block is an estate Cabernet Sauvignon bottling, and the 2016 vintage in Napa was marked by a steady, relatively even growing season.