Yountville
The valley's smallest luxury market, and the hardest to read from averages.
What the numbers
actually say.
Yountville is small enough that the Index reports it together with St. Helena, and even that combined submarket closed only 21 sales in the second quarter. The combined median rose 30% to $2.14M, but in a pool this thin a single unusual sale can move the number. I will not publish a Yountville-only figure that a handful of transactions could invent. What I will do is read it property by property against comparable inventory across the valley floor, which is the only honest way to price a market this thin.
Source: The Wine Country Index™, Q3 · 2026 edition: C.A.R. county data for August 2026 and Sotheby’s International Realty submarket reports for Q1–Q2 2026. Figures are directional; verify comparables before decisions.
In a submarket where two or three closings define a quarter, comparables have to be constructed rather than looked up. That means widening the comparable set thoughtfully, adjusting for what actually differs, and pricing against a defined national buyer pool. It is more work than pulling a report, and it is the difference between a clean sale and a listing that ages.
Thin markets cut both ways: less competition, but also less price discovery, which means a mispriced listing can sit at an unrealistic number for a long time without correcting. Data tells you when a launch has actually opened leverage and when the seller simply is not motivated yet.
Living in Yountville.
Yountville packs an extraordinary concentration of restaurants and hospitality into a few walkable blocks — the highest ratio of destination dining to residents anywhere in the valley. It attracts buyers who want to walk everywhere and to be at the centre of the valley without owning acreage.
The numbers beneath
the county median.
A free, block-level read of the Wine Country luxury market, published every quarter: pricing, days on market, absorption, and the insurance squeeze now deciding deals. Seven pages. Useful whether or not we ever work together.
