Since 1970, Freemark Abbey Winery has produced Cabernet Bosché, one of California's first vineyard-designated wines. The Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard, owned by the John Bosché family, is well-known for producing wines of distinctive character and excellent quality. 

Located 1/4 mile north of the town of Rutherford, where the vineyards meet the western foothills and the environment is near perfect, the neighborhood is prestigious indeed. The area is considered ideal with its silty clay loam and gravelly soil. "It's a little pocket on the west side of the creek. I think it's the soil and location that do it," John Bosché has been quoted as saying. The Cabernet is blended with a small percentage of Merlot from the vineyard and this combination continually proves to be a delicious taste experience.