2017 Tesseron Estate Pym-Rae

The Tesseron Estate Pym-Rae is a blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc. In the glass, this Napa top has a deep garnet purple, revealing fragrant notes of candied violets, wilted roses, moist earth and black tea over a core of red and black currants, black cherries and warm blackberries plus a hint of cigar box and camphor oil. Medium to full bodied with a rock solid structure of fruit on the palate, fine grained tannins beautifully supporting the elegant red and black fruit layers and ending very long and very perfumed.

The 2017 is the second harvest of this estate after the purchase of the old Robin Williams vineyard by the owner of Chateau Pontet-Canet, Alfred Tesseron in 2016. The estate includes just under 20 hectares of ripe Cabernet Sauvignon (75%), Merlot (18%) and Cabernet Franc (7%) vines, planted in 1990. Now officially named "Pym-Rae", respecting the original name Robin Williams gave the vineyard (Pym and Rae are the middle names of two of Williams' children). The vineyards are located high at an average elevation of 500 meters on Mount Veeder. Pym Rae is already one of the iconic wines of Napa Valley.