History
Abreu bought the 33 acre tract near Angwin around 2000, his first property purchase, a site surrounded by protected fir and pine forest. Development was slow and selective; the wine was bottled as Abreu Howell Mountain by the 2006 vintage and carried the Las Posadas name by 2011. Rocks cleared from the ground became the property's walls, and century-old first-growth redwood stakes from earlier farming were set aside and preserved.
The Site
About 15 planted acres at roughly 2,000 feet, above the fog line, on red Aiken soils layered over white volcanic tufa, bordered by forest with a section against the Angwin airstrip, near the historic Bancroft Vineyard.
Vines and Blocks
Cabernet Sauvignon leads with an unusually deep share of Cabernet Franc, plus Petit Verdot and a little Malbec in recent blends.
The Wines
Las Posadas is the most structured wine of the Abreu quartet, mountain tannin and dark mineral drive built for decades, alongside Madrona Ranch, Cappella and Thorevilos.