Robert Clay Vineyards Estate Winery & Tasting Room

About

Robert Clay Vineyards is a father and son estate winery in Mason, Texas. Dan McLaughlin began restoring the vineyard in 2012, and today he and his son Blake farm the land themselves and make every wine by hand. The vision began in 1996. Paul and Nancy Buist ordered vines in 1998, bought this land in 1999, and planted from 1999 to 2001. The vineyard sits in the Hickory Sands area of Mason County on soils derived from the Hickory Sandstone Member, at about 1,780 feet. Production is 400 to 500 cases a year, 100 percent estate grown, small lot and single barrel, with native yeast fermentations, long aging, and unfiltered bottlings. Every Robert Clay wine has scored 90 points or higher with Decanter, James Suckling, or Cristaldi & Co., and in 2025 seven Robert Clay wines scored 95 or higher, more than any other Texas winery that year. Wines are sold by allocation only. Join the allocation waitlist on our website. Allocation members may visit anytime by appointment, and waitlist members may schedule one private tasting, guided by Dan and Blake, one party at a time, up to 8 guests. Vineyard tours are reserved for allocation members, arranged privately with Dan and Blake.