Battuello Vineyards house spotlight
Reciprocity Wines presents Battuello Vineyards, the St. Helena family estate farmed since 1909, the same house behind this Sauvignon Blanc.
The market on this bottle
Wine-Searcher tracks this 2024 Battuello Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley across the open market. Their published U.S. low is $18.49 and the average is $29.05. Our slash is $19.00.
2024 Battuello Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley
St. Helena family Sauvignon Blanc, apple and grapefruit from Battuello's 1909 estate, a 2024 you can open at nineteen dollars.
The 2024 opens on apple and honeysuckle, then citrus, pink grapefruit, and fresh melon with a satisfying weight, now $19.
A tiny Napa white from a family that farmed first and bottled later
Battuello has grown grapes on Ehlers Lane in St. Helena since 1909. Most of the fruit still leaves the ranch. A small cut stays for Michael Trujillo. The 2024 Sauvignon Blanc is stainless, aromatic, and built for the table: apple, honeysuckle, pink grapefruit, fresh melon, a clean snap. This is the bottle that argues a fifth-generation farm can make a Napa white you actually open on a warm night.
The house
Matteo Battuello bought the St. Helena ranch in 1909. Craig and Dave still farm the 82-acre estate. Torey helps run the label.
The wine
Estate Sauvignon Blanc, stainless ferment, bright and dry. The house writes apple, honeysuckle, citrus, pink grapefruit, and melon.
The scale
Tiny family production. The 2023 was 80 cases. This is a grower's white, not a factory cuvee.
The drinker
Serve 45 to 50 F. No decant. Oysters, crab cakes, or goat cheese and herbs.
Apple and honeysuckle, then grapefruit snap
Battuello's own 2024 note leads with apple and floral honeysuckle, then citrus, pink grapefruit, and fresh melon. The wine is bold up front, with enough weight to feel like Napa sunshine without turning tropical or grassy.
A current Napa white vintage built to drink now through about 2027. Chill it. Do not cellar it as a trophy.
Apple, honeysuckle, lemon zest, pink grapefruit, fresh melon, a clean mineral edge.
Dry, bright acidity, stainless ferment, satisfying mid-palate weight without oak makeup.
Crisp and refreshing. Serve 45 to 50 F. No decant.
Stainless, so the aromatics stay in front
On the Battuello sheet, this Sauvignon Blanc is estate fruit from the family ranch, fermented in stainless steel. The brief is lift: keep apple, honeysuckle, and grapefruit clear, and let St. Helena sunshine show as weight rather than sweetness.
Michael Trujillo makes the wines. The family farms sustainably with Fish-Friendly certification on the same rocky St. Helena soils they have worked for five generations.
Serve well chilled. This is a seafood and goat-cheese white, not an oak project.
A Napa farm that started before Napa became a luxury word
Battuello is a working St. Helena ranch, not a tasting-room invention.
Matteo Battuello left Favria in northern Italy, landed at Ellis Island in 1906, and bought this St. Helena land in 1909. He farmed grapes, prunes, and walnuts.
Craig and Dave, both Cal Poly agriculture graduates, still live and work on the 82-acre estate. Most fruit still sells to other Napa houses. A small cut stays for the family label.
The Sauvignon Blanc exists because Torey Battuello wanted a white the family would actually drink. That is the whole brief.
Brine, sweet crab, and a little chèvre
Citrus and mineral want oysters, crab, herbs, and tangy cheese. Nothing heavy enough to bury the snap.
Two plates. One oyster plate with mignonette. One jumbo-lump crab cake. Both fit a cold Sauvignon Blanc.
Serve 45 to 50 F. No decant. Open and pour.
Oysters with Classic Mignonette
Briny oysters and a sharp shallot vinegar. The wine's most natural landing.
Why it works: Acidity cuts the oyster's salinity. Green apple and grapefruit keep the finish fresh.
View Recipe for oysters with classic mignonette (opens in a new tab)
Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes
Sweet crab, a golden crust, and lemon. A plate this white was built for.
Why it works: Citrus brightens the crab. The clean finish keeps the dish from feeling rich.
View Recipe for jumbo lump crab cakes (opens in a new tab)Put this St. Helena white in the cart
Family fruit since 1909. Stainless Sauvignon Blanc. Nineteen dollars against a $38 typical retail.
Put it in the cart. This is the Battuello white for a table that wants citrus and a family name, not oak.
