The Page family is among Napa Valley’s farming pioneers, and now the fourth generation is looking to move on from a prime piece of valley floor vineyard land.

Jeff and Mary Page are asking $29.5 million for the 144.24-acre Trubody Ranch in the Oak Knoll subappellation nestled between Yountville and Napa and between the Highway 29 and Silverado Trail valley thoroughfares.

The property, located at 5444 Trubody Lane, includes 122.48 acres of vines planted to Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Musque, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. The price per planted acre works out to nearly $241,000.

Originally they were looking to sell just one of the three parcels, a 47-acre vineyard, for nearly $10 million, but prospective buyers wanted the whole property because the water well on the parcel served the other parcels via connected irrigation lines, according to the listing agent.

“It was a very hard decision for them,” said Jill Levy of Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty.

Jeff Page’s family has been farming in Napa Valley for 133 years. His great grandmother Minnie worked as a cook for the Trubodys who bought the property in the 1860s with money earned during the Gold Rush, according to the ranch’s online history. The Trubodys turned grassy open woodland of valley oaks into fields of grain and blackberries.

The Trubodys willed the property to Minnie Page in the 1960s, and the first wine grape vines were planted in 1970. Buyers of the grapes grown there include producers of notable Napa Valley brands Duckhord, Groth, Krug, and The Prisoner.

The home for the Pages and Trubodys over the years is the property’s centerpiece, a three-bedroom Victorian built around 1872. The property also has a water tower structure, one-bedroom guest house, patio, pool and fruit orchard.

Jeff Quackenbush covers wine, construction and real estate. Reach him at jquackenbush@busjrnl.com or 707-521-4256.

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