Founded in 2001 by the Roth family, producing Cabernet Sauvignon from Alexander Valley. Bill Foley acquired it in 2012, adding Sonoma Coast Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to the Bordeaux foundation. The hospitality estate on Chalk Hill Road, across from Chalk Hill Estate, features an 8,500-square-foot brick-lined cave and terraces.
Roth Estate was established in 2001 — initially a simple tribute to the founders' family name and a desire to produce bold, powerful Cabernet Sauvignon expressive of the Alexander Valley. The Bordeaux focus was set early. In 2012, Bill Foley — founder of Foley Family Wines and proprietor of Chalk Hill Estate next door — acquired Roth and integrated it into the Foley Food & Wine Society portfolio. Cool-climate varieties were added to the program: Pinot Noir from a Foley family property on Trenton Road in the Russian River Valley, Sauvignon Blanc from a Chalk Hill AVA estate parcel, and Chardonnay from Sonoma Coast vineyards. The expansion broadened the style without diluting the brand's foundation; Roth still leans on Bordeaux varieties grown across Alexander Valley and Sonoma County.
Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley — The flagship; bold, dark, and layered from volcanic hillside fruit.
Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley — A selection of the estate's best Cabernet barrels.
Heritage Red, Sonoma County — A Bordeaux-style red blend with milk chocolate, dried cherry, and tobacco notes.
Sauvignon Blanc, Alexander Valley — A crisp, food-friendly white from the estate program.
Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast — Cooler-climate fruit rounding out the Bordeaux-focused lineup.
The Chalk Hill Road tasting estate is unusually generous for a single-property Foley winery: an expansive terrace for outdoor seated tastings, an interior tasting room, and an 8,500-square-foot brick-lined wine cave finished with nearly 30,000 hand-laid bricks and Moooi chandeliers — a project completed in 2015. A herd of resident bison grazes on the hill behind the cave and is visible from the patio. The standard cave tasting is paired with cheese; the Ultimate BBQ Lunch experience features estate-grown sides and smoked short ribs. As a hub property in the Foley Food & Wine Society, Roth also showcases limited-production wines from sister estates including Lancaster Estate (Alexander Valley), Foley Johnson (Rutherford), and Sebastiani (Sonoma). The tasting room opens Friday through Sunday by reservation; the offices keep weekday hours.
A fifth-generation Sonoma County resident, Henry de Lambert grew up in Windsor near the Foothill Regional Park that overlooks Roth Estate's vineyards. He earned a bioengineering degree from UC San Diego intending to pursue medicine, but fell for fermentation science while brewing beer in his final year, then completed an Executive MBA in Wine Business at Sonoma State. He joined Foley Family Wines in 2021 as associate winemaker at PreVail and was soon promoted to Director of Winery Operations before being named winemaker of Roth Estate in February 2023. With a decade of experience and a 'less is more' philosophy — 'my job is to let the fruit do the talking' — he crafts the estate's bold Bordeaux varietals, anchored by Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, from a winery built around its signature aging caves.
Roth Estate found its current home under Bill Foley, the attorney-turned-vintner who built Foley Family Wines into one of California’s largest fine-wine portfolios. Foley acquired Roth in 2012 and folded it into a Sonoma collection that includes neighboring Chalk Hill, expanding the brand beyond its bold Alexander Valley Cabernet roots to add cool-climate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and other varieties from across the county. Under his ownership the Bordeaux-focused estate gained a striking hillside winery with chalk-soil caves across from Chalk Hill. A prolific collector of wineries from California to New Zealand, Foley continues as proprietor.
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Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley — The flagship; bold, dark, and layered from volcanic hillside fruit.
Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley — A selection of the estate's best Cabernet barrels.
Heritage Red, Sonoma County — A Bordeaux-style red blend with milk chocolate, dried cherry, and tobacco notes.
Sauvignon Blanc, Alexander Valley — A crisp, food-friendly white from the estate program.
Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast — Cooler-climate fruit rounding out the Bordeaux-focused lineup.
Roth Estate was established in 2001 — initially a simple tribute to the founders' family name and a desire to produce bold, powerful Cabernet Sauvignon expressive of the Alexander Valley. The Bordeaux focus was set early. In 2012, Bill Foley — founder of Foley Family Wines and proprietor of Chalk Hill Estate next door — acquired Roth and integrated it into the Foley Food & Wine Society portfolio. Cool-climate varieties were added to the program: Pinot Noir from a Foley family property on Trenton Road in the Russian River Valley, Sauvignon Blanc from a Chalk Hill AVA estate parcel, and Chardonnay from Sonoma Coast vineyards. The expansion broadened the style without diluting the brand's foundation; Roth still leans on Bordeaux varieties grown across Alexander Valley and Sonoma County.
The Chalk Hill Road tasting estate is unusually generous for a single-property Foley winery: an expansive terrace for outdoor seated tastings, an interior tasting room, and an 8,500-square-foot brick-lined wine cave finished with nearly 30,000 hand-laid bricks and Moooi chandeliers — a project completed in 2015. A herd of resident bison grazes on the hill behind the cave and is visible from the patio. The standard cave tasting is paired with cheese; the Ultimate BBQ Lunch experience features estate-grown sides and smoked short ribs. As a hub property in the Foley Food & Wine Society, Roth also showcases limited-production wines from sister estates including Lancaster Estate (Alexander Valley), Foley Johnson (Rutherford), and Sebastiani (Sonoma). The tasting room opens Friday through Sunday by reservation; the offices keep weekday hours.
A fifth-generation Sonoma County resident, Henry de Lambert grew up in Windsor near the Foothill Regional Park that overlooks Roth Estate's vineyards. He earned a bioengineering degree from UC San Diego intending to pursue medicine, but fell for fermentation science while brewing beer in his final year, then completed an Executive MBA in Wine Business at Sonoma State. He joined Foley Family Wines in 2021 as associate winemaker at PreVail and was soon promoted to Director of Winery Operations before being named winemaker of Roth Estate in February 2023. With a decade of experience and a 'less is more' philosophy — 'my job is to let the fruit do the talking' — he crafts the estate's bold Bordeaux varietals, anchored by Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, from a winery built around its signature aging caves.
Roth Estate found its current home under Bill Foley, the attorney-turned-vintner who built Foley Family Wines into one of California’s largest fine-wine portfolios. Foley acquired Roth in 2012 and folded it into a Sonoma collection that includes neighboring Chalk Hill, expanding the brand beyond its bold Alexander Valley Cabernet roots to add cool-climate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and other varieties from across the county. Under his ownership the Bordeaux-focused estate gained a striking hillside winery with chalk-soil caves across from Chalk Hill. A prolific collector of wineries from California to New Zealand, Foley continues as proprietor.
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