Las Huertas De Tejas: Premier Established Vineyard & Estate in Texas Wine Country

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In the rolling country between Fort Worth and Austin, where the Bosque River winds past a storybook downtown of hand-painted murals and century-old storefronts, sits a property that reads more like a page from a Rhône Valley travel journal than a Central Texas ranch listing. Las Huertas de Tejas — “Texas Gardens” — is a 23-plus acre working vineyard estate that pairs a striking architect-designed residence with a genuine, income-producing wine operation, all within a half-day’s drive of three major metros.

**A Home Built for the Land**

Designed by the award-winning Austin firm Minguell-McQuary, the residence is a modern hacienda: three structures joined under a single roofline around a central courtyard, with 20-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, and metal exterior panels chosen for both their clean architectural line and their near-zero maintenance. The owner’s suite opens to a screened porch and courtyard views; three ensuite guest quarters — each named for a state along the vine’s journey to Texas — offer genuine bed-and-breakfast potential. Quartzite counters, custom cabinetry, and a fire pit set on stone amid a three-fountain courtyard finish the picture. This is a home designed to be lived in, and just as easily, to host.

**A Vineyard That Actually Produces**

Beyond the courtyard gate, the estate becomes something rarer: a real, producing vineyard. Four blocks and roughly 6,000 vines cover 6.5 acres, planted predominantly to Rhône varietals — Mourvèdre, Roussanne, Picpoul, Grenache, Syrah, Marsanne — alongside Bordeaux’s Petit Verdot, which has proven especially well-suited to Texas heat. The five-year-old North Vineyard is already yielding excellent fruit; the East and West blocks, planted in 2023, are projected to reach commercial harvest in 2026–2027. An eight-varietal trial block hints at what’s still to come. Nearly 250 cases from the 2023 and 2024 harvests, custom-crushed at Bending Branch Winery, may convey with the sale — an immediate, bottled head start for the next owner.

Surrounding the vines: a three-acre, 80-tree pecan orchard and more than 30 fruit trees — fig, pomegranate, peach, persimmon, mulberry — along with a fully equipped barn, greenhouse, and garage with a private upstairs office suite. Water and power infrastructure is built for serious agricultural use: a 320-foot well, drip irrigation throughout, and a 17.2 kW solar array that supplied 77% of the property’s power in 2024, backed by a 20 kW propane generator.

**More Than a Property — A Position**

Hico itself is part of the offering’s appeal: a walkable historic downtown, the Hico Mercantile’s artisan marketplace, riverside parks, and steady agritourism traffic that already primes visitors for a wine-country experience. For a buyer thinking beyond a personal vineyard retreat, the bones for an event venue, wine club, or agritourism destination are largely already in place — the vines simply need a vision.

Las Huertas de Tejas is being offered as a private sale, with an agricultural tax exemption already established. Qualified buyers are invited to experience the estate firsthand — vineyard walk, dinner, and a tasting from current inventory — by appointment.

Co-listed by John Boyett & Audie Renee, Keller Williams