2017 Ramey Wine Cellars Annum Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley Bio Bio Valley Pagani Ranch grapes

Pagani Ranch grapes

Unsettled weather in June saw several heat spikes in between cool spells

30% Carmenère

this year’s “missing ingredients”

namely vintage character – meaning the influence of the weather – and the character of the grape variety

2017 Ramey Wine Cellars Annum Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley Bio Bio Valley Pagani Ranch grapesOak Knoll 56%, Oakville 30%, Mount Veeder 10%, and 4% Sonoma County Napa Valley soils are primarily comprised of broken down or decomposed rock that has been carried downhill from the eastern Vaca range and the western Mayacamas range into the base of the valley, where they ultimately intermingle with the silt, clay and gravel deposits of the Napa River flood plain. 2017 began with a very wet winter. The summer was mild until a significant heatwave