Ramey Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley, California
Winemaker Notes
A standard-bearer for the Napa Valley. The fourteenth vintage of this Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon combines thoughtfully selected hillside and valley floor vineyards.
Blend: 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Petit Verdot, 2% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc
94Jeb Dunnuck
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, which includes the addition of 7% Petit Verdot and 2% each of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, pours a deep, nearly opaque blackish red hue. Its classic aromas of toasted cedar, black currants, fresh leather, and tobacco leaf are followed by a full-bodied red with good energy and balance throughout. It offers ripe tannins, a fine, soft texture, and ripe black cherry, fresh violets, and tea leaf. It’s a beautifully expressive wine with great drinkability.
92Wine Spectator
On the old-school side, with a nice grippy structure and a swath of warm earth holding down the fort, while the core of red and black currant reduction notes unwind slowly. Packs heavy tobacco and cast iron on the finish. Best from 2025 through 2034.
PRODUCT NO:02245400-18
Winemaker Notes
A standard-bearer for the Napa Valley. The fourteenth vintage of this Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon combines thoughtfully selected hillside and valley floor vineyards.
Blend: 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Petit Verdot, 2% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc
94Jeb Dunnuck
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, which includes the addition of 7% Petit Verdot and 2% each of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, pours a deep, nearly opaque blackish red hue. Its classic aromas of toasted cedar, black currants, fresh leather, and tobacco leaf are followed by a full-bodied red with good energy and balance throughout. It offers ripe tannins, a fine, soft texture, and ripe black cherry, fresh violets, and tea leaf. It’s a beautifully expressive wine with great drinkability.
92Wine Spectator
On the old-school side, with a nice grippy structure and a swath of warm earth holding down the fort, while the core of red and black currant reduction notes unwind slowly. Packs heavy tobacco and cast iron on the finish. Best from 2025 through 2034.
PRODUCT NO:02245400-18
Winemaker Notes
A standard-bearer for the Napa Valley. The fourteenth vintage of this Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon combines thoughtfully selected hillside and valley floor vineyards.
Blend: 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Petit Verdot, 2% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc
94Jeb Dunnuck
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, which includes the addition of 7% Petit Verdot and 2% each of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, pours a deep, nearly opaque blackish red hue. Its classic aromas of toasted cedar, black currants, fresh leather, and tobacco leaf are followed by a full-bodied red with good energy and balance throughout. It offers ripe tannins, a fine, soft texture, and ripe black cherry, fresh violets, and tea leaf. It’s a beautifully expressive wine with great drinkability.
92Wine Spectator
On the old-school side, with a nice grippy structure and a swath of warm earth holding down the fort, while the core of red and black currant reduction notes unwind slowly. Packs heavy tobacco and cast iron on the finish. Best from 2025 through 2034.
PRODUCT NO:02245400-18
David Ramey started his career in wine with little more than a degree in enology and a dream. Then, after nearly two decades of creating benchmark wines for such California wineries as Matanzas Creek, Chalk Hill, Dominus and Rudd, David Ramey and his wife Carla founded Ramey Wine Cellars in 1996. “Owning one’s own winery is the dream of every winemaker,” David says, looking back on the path that led him to build his own. It took time, planning and a profound understanding of how best to bring together all the elements—from the grapes, to the winery materials, and a top-notch team of professionals—to make it all work.
