This is a quite good smaller production Cabernet. It’s a big wine with just enough dark cherry fruit, bitter mocha tones, and a pleasant finish. The tannic structure is a bit thick, but not unpleasantly so, like one of the better Lodi Zinfandels.
Pedroncelli makes their wines (some of them, anyhow) in these enormous two story wooden tanks, made of California Redwood, of all things, dating from before such usages were restricted. Most of their wines are good-but-not-great, worth trying if they are on sale.
This is a quite good smaller production Cabernet. It’s a big wine with just enough dark cherry fruit, bitter mocha tones, and a pleasant finish. The tannic structure is a bit thick, but not unpleasantly so, like one of the better Lodi Zinfandels.
Pedroncelli makes their wines (some of them, anyhow) in these enormous two story wooden tanks, made of California Redwood, of all things, dating from before such usages were restricted. Most of their wines are good-but-not-great, worth trying if they are on sale.
Mar 1st, 2024
Cherry, raspberry, currant, vanilla, mossy earth and oak. Full-bodied and soft tannins.
Cherry, raspberry, currant, vanilla, mossy earth and oak. Full-bodied and soft tannins.
Nov 21st, 2023
Deep purple color. Aromas of blackberry, baking spices and toasted oak. Black fruit on the palate, pepper and oak finish.
🍇 83 % Cab, 7% Merlot, 6% Cab Franc and 4% Petit Verdot.
🏅90 Points - Wilfred Wong
🏅90 Points - Wine Enthusiast
Deep purple color. Aromas of blackberry, baking spices and toasted oak. Black fruit on the palate, pepper and oak finish.
🍇 83 % Cab, 7% Merlot, 6% Cab Franc and 4% Petit Verdot.
🏅90 Points - Wilfred Wong
🏅90 Points - Wine Enthusiast
May 27th, 2026
Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA
