What land costs in Napa Valley

The dearest land here is Prime Napa benchland: $300,000–$500,000 an acre (2025). The cheapest is Napa Valley, other sites, at $120,000–$340,000 an acre.

1. Prime Napa benchland
   $300,000–$500,000an acre · 2025

   The benchland of Oakville, Rutherford and St Helena on the valley's west side: well-drained gravel and loam, warm days, cool nights, and the names behind the most sought-after Cabernets.

2. Napa Valley, other sites
   $120,000–$340,000an acre · 2025

   Valley-floor and outlying sites: good land without the famous benchland names.

Bars are drawn against the dearest zone here, on a rough rate of one dollar to 0.9 euros and 2.47 acres to the hectare.

If the vineyard were sold and the money put in the bank, this is what it would earn each year, spread over the bottles the land produces. It is the biggest line in the cost of a famous wine.

• Napa cult Cabernet$4–$16 of $26–$80
• Napa premium Cabernet (purchased fruit)$1–$8 of $14–$43

The bar is the land’s share of the whole cost of making the bottle, at the high end of each estimate.

The regionNapa ValleyCalifornia's home of rich, ripe Cabernet Sauvignon.About the region

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