Vidovich Vineyards of Montebello

Vidovich Vineyards of Montebello is a winery in Montebello, California, situated on Montebello Road. The family-owned and operated winery produces estate-grown red wines from vineyards on Montebello Road and in Los Altos Hills, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel as the flagship varietals. It holds a rating of 4.70 from customers who have reviewed it.

The winery is rooted in a Silicon Valley agricultural tradition that spans four generations. A century ago, the family grew apricots, prunes, and cherries on their homestead in Cupertino and Sunnyvale. Founder Stephen Vidovich brought that tradition to the top of Montebello Road, planting the estate Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard in 1996. The family also grows almonds, pistachios, pomegranates, raisins, walnuts, and olives. The Montebello Road vineyard sits on the northeastern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains at an elevation of 2450 feet, a height that extends the grape maturation period and yields concentrated, well-structured Cabernets. The Lake Vineyard in Los Altos Hills rests at 450 feet beside a lake that was once a quarry.

Fruit for the wines is hand-picked each year, and fermentation and aging are guided by low-intervention methods designed to let each site's terroir come through. The Montebello Road vineyard sits at 2450 feet in a Mediterranean-like climate shaped by southward Pacific currents originating in the Arctic, with cooler nights and warmer days than the lower elevations below. The surrounding geology was formed by the uplift of the San Andreas Fault over 100 million years ago, which left accumulations of limestone, shale, and sandstone from ancient sea-floor sediment. The region's elevation, climate, and soils together have established Montebello Road as one of the most renowned Cabernet-producing regions in the Americas.

The positive customer rating reflects the winery's estate-grown approach and the distinctive mountain terroir of its two vineyards, where Cabernet Sauvignon from the Santa Cruz Mountains remains the centerpiece of the production.