- Practicing Organic
- 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Petit Verdot, co-fermented
- Pedregal Vineyard (Oakville AVA)
- Pedregal means “Rocky Place” in Spanish
- Ramey has leased this vineyard since 2008
- Iron-rich red soil, 85% basalt rock
- Aged 24 months sur lies with bi-monthly batonnage in new French oak
- 14.5% abv
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2017
Country:
United States
Region:
California
Appellation:
Napa
Variety:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | US-RAM-41-17 | 6/750ml |
Press & Reviews
Wine Enthusiast
Score
95
Date
2023-07-01
"This tightly wound and powerful wine is laced with fine-grained tannins to support dark chocolate and quite-ripe blackberry and blueberry flavors that have a satisfying richness and depth. Time will ease the tannic grip, so best to drink from 2026†2036. ‡ Jim Gordon"
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
94
Date
2023-07-21
"The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Pedregal Vineyard brings the addition of 20% Petit Verdot and is aromatic with notes of menthol, redcurrant, and leather. Ripe and full bodied, it has great freshness, with balance in its notes of red and black fruit and gravelly earth. It has a rocky texture, with ripe tannins that are broad and have some grip. Drink 2026-2046."
Wine Spectator
Score
92
Date
2023-11-15
"This has an old-school edge, with a winey core of gently mulled red and black currant fruit mixed with warm earth, singed cedar, balsam wood and savory details. The long finish moves steadily, leaving a nice tug of earth that echoes. Drink now through 2034. 218 cases made."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2016
Wine Enthusiast
Score
97
Date
2022-11-01
2016
Wine Advocate
Score
96
Date
2022-07-14
2016
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
95
Date
2022-08-02
2016
Vinous
Score
95
Date
2022-06-01
2016
Wine Spectator
Score
92
Date
2023-04-30
2015
Wine Enthusiast
Score
95
Date
2015
Wine Advocate
Score
94+
Date
2015
Wine Spectator
Score
94
Date
2015
Vinous
Score
93+
Date
2014
Wine Advocate
Score
96
Date
2014
James Suckling
Score
95
Date
2024-04-11
"This handsome 10-year-old wine has many years of life ahead, but is beginning to show the mellowing effects of age in its woodsy, cedary, potpourri aromas and broad, beefy flavors. Grown on the rocky, northwest-facing side of the famed Oakville AVA, it's full-bodied, concentrated in black fruit and earthy-spicy accents on velvety, almost thick tannins. Drink or hold."
2014
Vinous
Score
95
Date
2018-04-30
2013
Vinous
Score
95
Date
2017-03-09
2013
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2017-03-01
2013
Wine Spectator
Score
94
Date
2016-10-31