Montage Healdsburg is making its own signature wine using grapes harvested from the property’s vineyard.

Like all great wines, though, it would take time and patience.

Right now the only way to get it is here at the Montage.

View from the Olive Terrace at Montage Healdsburg

Credit:Christian Horan/Courtesy of Montage Healdsburg

(He made the wine for Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biels wedding in 2012.)

Katz was a fit for another reason, too.

I knew this site was special, he said.

Bottles of wine from Montage Healdsburg

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But the wines are even more special than I anticipated.

Rows of Petit Verdot grapes in the vineyard at Montage Healdsburg

Christian Horan/Courtesy of Montage Healdsburg