Barboursville Vineyards

The entire estate is open for tasting our wines in a stroll or in a picnic, and our informed and enthusiastic hosts conduct tastings continuously in the Tuscan Tasting Room, every day of the week, and in Library 1821 on Friday through Monday. The Tasting Room is where the broadest range of our current vintages is introduced, while the Library 1821 presents a changing selection of flights of older vintages from our cellars, and with bite-sized culinary pairings designed by our chefs. Every encouragement is given, also, to enjoying our wines in the truly splendid lawns surrounding the historic Landmark Ruins of Thomas Jefferson's mansion for Governor James Barbour, a pleasant stroll away.

  

There is a fee of $10.00 for tastings of seventeen of our current vintages. For $3.00 more, you can keep your brilliant Weißwein Vin Blanc Crystal Glass, hand chosen by our wine maker, Luca Paschina.

  

Guided tours of the winery are offered, on Saturday and Sunday, and first-time visitors are especially encouraged to allow the extra time for this introduction to our estate history and winemaking processes. The Octagon Barrel Room presents a permanent exhibition of the biography of our signature wine, and the brief film about the estate is shown throughout the day.

Guests may guide themselves on a tour of the Landmark Ruins, one of Jefferson's true architectural masterpieces. In its elegant Palladian proportions and siting on a gentle knoll, the house unmistakably recalls Jefferson's own, and deeply refreshes our appreciation of structural balance in wine. We warmly recommend a visit.

Through the last three decades, the winery has taken care to reserve leading wines from exemplary vintages in ideal storage conditions, and periodically, these are presented at important festive occasions and at our two Vertical Tasting Weekends each year. Now, a section of our original winery building, overlooking an expansive slope of Cabernet Franc at its door and the Blue Ridge beyond, has been remodeled for comfort and contemplative tastings throughout the year. In the Library, selected vintages are offered with culinary pairings starting at $25.00

The Library's Tasting List changes periodically, to afford a diversified exposure to our varietal range in white wines and in reds, while always including Octagon, Paxxito and older distinguished vintages of more limited supply, also available for purchase by the bottle.  The Library is open Friday 12pm-7pm, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday 11am-5pm.

Library 1821 is a repository for selected documents from our history, such as the letter by President John Quincy Adams appointing James Barbour to his cabinet as Secretary of War, original household china donated by descendants of the Barbour family, and commendations for our wines.

House-baked breads, house-cured charcuterie and fine local cheeses are worthwhile optional accompaniments to tastings at Library 1821.    

November 2018 Tastings : 

• Brut Cuvée 1814 Non-Vintage 
• Brut Rosé Cuvée 1814 Non-Vintage
• Blanc De Blancs Non-Vintage
• Brut Cuvée 1814 Vintage 2000
• Brut Cuvée 1814 Vintage 1994
• Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2015
• Vermentino Reserve 2016
• Viognier Reserve 2016 / 2013
• Fiano Reserve 2017
• Allegrante Rosé 2017
• Philéo NV  
• Paxxito 2014
• Cabernet Franc Reserve 2016
• ​Cabernet Franc Reserve 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2007  As an option, these 5 Vintages can be compared in one flight, $35.00 
• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2014 / 2005
• Barbera Reserve 2016
• Nebbiolo Reserve 2004
• Petit Verdot Reserve 2013 / 2010
• Merlot Reserve 2008
• Octagon 2014 / 2013