
Technical Details
Blend | 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc |
Winemaker | Michel Rolland and Thomas Comme |
Country | US |
Region | California North Coast |
Appellation | Mt. Veeder, Napa |
Vineyard | Pym Rae |
Alcohol | 14.1 |
Tesseron Estate Pym-Rae Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Cabernet Blends | US
$349.95 - 750mL
The Tesseron family has taken everything they have learned over the decades making wine at Pauillac's Pontet Canet and have applied it at this 30 year old vineyard (very rare to see a vineyard of this age in California!) atop of Mt. Veeder. Immediately, he converted the property to organic and biodynamic farming and removed all irrigation (which he was told could not be done in this rugged hillside property), brought his winemaking team from Pontet-Canet and hired his own full time farming team. Every detail has been thought out, from the meticulous farming to the world-class winemaking, and the results are in the bottle.
We have but a FEW of these gorgeous 3-PACKS, which depict the position of the stars on the day of harvest in 2016 (it will change every vintage of course). DEBUT RELEASE for those who must have the best (and be one of the very few!). $349.95 per bottle, 3-pack wood cases on request. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!
Technical Details
Blend | 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc |
Winemaker | Michel Rolland and Thomas Comme |
Country | US |
Region | California North Coast |
Appellation | Mt. Veeder, Napa |
Vineyard | Pym Rae |
Alcohol | 14.1% |
About The Producer
Reviews
James Suckling
No. 24 Top Wines of the United States of 2020: This is the debut vintage of this wine from the esteemed Bordeaux owner, Alfred Tesseron, who bought the property in the Napa mountains in 2016. Aromas of plums, wet earth, fresh herbs and tobacco. Some green olives. Turns to blueberries and blackberries. Full-bodied, yet reserved and layered with chocolate, walnuts and plums. Firm yet polished tannins give a framed sense to the wine. Savory. Racy and beautifully structured, it’s extremely drinkable already. Real wine.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
A blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc, the 2016 Pym-Rae displays a deep garnet-purple color and reveals wonderfully fragrant notes of candied violets, wilted roses, damp soil and black tea over a core of red and black currants, black cherries and warm blackberries plus touches of cigar box and camphor. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is evocatively singular, offering that rock-solid structure of mountain fruit, yet these are wonderfully ripe, silt-like tannins that beautifully support the elegant red and black fruit layers, finishing very long and very perfumed.
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