David Arthur Vineyards is a small, family-owned and operated estate on Pritchard Hill, on the eastern edge of Napa Valley. The estate was started in the late 1960s when Donald Long, a butcher by trade, aquired land on Pritchard Hill. In the 1970s Donald and his son David later cleared the land and planted grapes. The estate’s first vintage was a 1985 Chardonnay, followed a few years later with Cabernet Sauvignon. Today Nile Zacherie is winemaker. Though the estate makes Chardonny, Sauvignon Blanc, and Meritaggio, a Cab and Sangiovese blend, its signature wines are Cabernet Sauvignons. The Elevation 1147 is the estate’s self-described “best of the best” and it is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Fewer than 4,000 bottles of the Elevation 1147 are made each year.