2015 Ramey Cabernet Sauvignon Pedregal Vineyard
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The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Pedregal Vineyard is not quite as expressive as I thought it would be, given how some of the other wines show in this tasting. But it is also a more important wine and may simply be going through a stubborn phase. Red cherry, red plum, chocolate and licorice fill out the wine's layered frame nicely. I would give this mid-weight Cabernet another year or two in bottle.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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A blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Petit Verdot, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Pedregal Vineyard is deep ruby-purple with aromas of mint chocolate and laurel, split cedar, pencil shavings, toasted cardamom, warm blackcurrant, blackcurrant bud, red cherries and licorice. Full-bodied, dense and rich in the mouth with integrated but firm, ripe, grainy tannins and just enough freshness, it finishes long and dense. This still needs plenty of time in bottle! 647 cases were made.
Coming from Napa, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Pedregal Vineyard steps up on the richness scale and has Pauillac-like notes of lead pencil shavings, spring flowers, mineral, and both red and black fruits. With full-bodied richness, a silky, layered texture, and straight-up brilliant purity, it’s a blockbuster Napa Cabernet that stays firmly in the classic style of David Ramey. Drink it over the coming two decades.
The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Pedregal Vineyard is wonderfully expressive and nuanced in the glass. In this tasting, the Pedregal has a level of aromatic nuance and intensity that distinguishes it from the other wines in the range. Dried herbs, leather, licorice, tobacco, spicebox and cedar build in this super-expressive, nuanced Cabernet from David Ramey. The 2015 has come together nicely during its aging.