Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Pedregal Vineyard opens with beautiful lilac, chocolate box and unsmoked cigars scents over a core of cassis, black cherries and preserved plums with wafts of menthol and wood smoke. Full-bodied and packed to the gills with ripe, expressive black fruits and savory layers, it has a firm frame of grainy tannins and great freshness, finishing with fantastic persistence. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown

This blend of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon and 12% Petit Verdot comes from a small hillside vineyard in eastern Oakville, just below the Dalla Valle winery. Pedregal means 'rocky place' in Spanish, and the soil is iron-rich volcanic rock. The vintage, a drought year, was classic, with harvest on 19 September. The wine is dark, deep, and layered, with mineral overtones and a silky richness, its tannins smoothed by ageing for 25 months in new French oak. Read more at https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/usa/california/ramey-pedregal-vineyard-cabernet-sauvignon-napa-valley-21432#WXhZL1sbj8iCsXOW.99

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.

The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Pedregal Vineyard includes 12% Petit Verdot and is bright with fresh black cherry as well as notes of cedar, porcini, and fresh earth. Full-bodied, with a velvety texture, a hint of mocha, and a supple texture, I like where this now and it should continue to hold up nicely over the next 10 years. - Audrey Frick