History
Fantesca’s vineyard was originally planted in the 1860s as part of Caroline Bale’s dowry when she married Charles Krug. It was sold and went dormant sometime between the Phylloxera epidemic of the 1900s and Prohibition in the 1920s. The vineyard returned to its state as a native forest and remained that way for more than 70 years. In 1997, the estate vineyard was replanted to Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. From its origins with Caroline...