2020 Tesseron Estate Pym-Rae
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| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Region | |
| Appellation | |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Grape | , , , |
| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (14%) |
| Drink window | 2025 - 2054 |
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Alfred Tesseron (of Château Pontet-Canet in Pauillac, Bordeaux) was looking for a special terroir outside of Bordeaux to work with. He went looking for a place where the grape varieties he was familiar with from Bordeaux were grown and specifically a place where these grapes were at their best. He found that place in the originally volcanic and 500 meter high Mt. Veeder in Napa Valley. Tesseron came across the 29-year-old vineyard of actor Robin Williams, who had died two years earlier. Tesseron bought the vineyard in 2016 and named the project Pym Rae: the name Williams had given the vineyard, named after the (pet) names of his children. Williams had never made wine from this vineyard, but Tesseron saw great potential. The vineyard is now farmed in the same biodynamic way as at Château Pontet-Canet and with the same precision and dedication.
The Tesseron Estate Pym-Rae is a blend of mainly Cabernet Sauvignon supplemented with Merlot and Cabernet Franc. In the glass this top Napa has a deep garnet purple color and reveals deliciously fragrant notes of candied violets, wilted roses, damp earth and black tea over a core of red and blackcurrants, black cherries and warm blackberries plus a hint of cigar box and camphorsuckle. Medium to full bodied with a rock solid structure of fruit on the palate, fine grained tannins that beautifully support the elegant red and black fruit layers and a very long and very perfumed finish.
This Pym-Rae gives aromas of flowers, berries, plums and cocoa. It is full-bodied with compact fruit and fine tannins giving it a suppleness and finesse, yet very structured and long. The wine is matured in 55% new French barrels and 45% concrete eggs for 18 months. The wine is made from 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc and 15% Merlot
Ratings: 96 James Suckling, 95 The Wine Independent (L. Perrotti-Brown), 95 Jane Anson, 98 The Drinks Business (Colin Hay)
FACT: In the 'Attachments' tab you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will automatically send you this when you order this wine. You will also find a large number of photos of the unique vineyards of Tesseron Estate. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to collect the wine you will often also receive a nice discount . You will see your discount immediately when you choose 'Collection' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht almost next to the A16 with plenty of parking. Click here for our address.
Specifications
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Region | Californie |
| Appellation | Napa Valley |
| Icons | Icon USA |
| Winery | Tesseron Estate |
| Grape | Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Drinking as of | 2025 |
| Drinking till | 2054 |
| Alcohol % | 14 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Promotion | En Primeur, Excluded from Pickup discount |
| Parker rating | 97 |
| James Suckling rating | 97 |
| Tasting Profiles | Complex, Donker fruit, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Tannines, Vol |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe |
Professional Reviews
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 96+
Reviewed by:
Joe Czerwinski
Release Price:
$390
Drink Date:
2026 - 2045
The 2019 Pym-Rae is made up of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Merlot, all aged in a combination of 45% new French oak barriques and small (260-gallon) concrete tanks. Impressively ripe and concentrated, it offers scents of cassis, violet and hints of dark chocolate on the nose, while the full-bodied palate is silky-smooth, framed by dusty tannins on the long, focused finish. Yes, it's somewhat Bordeaux-like in shape, but it's fully ripe, with black cherries emerging on the finish, along with the slightest touch of alcoholic warmth.
For those unfamiliar with the story, the Tesseron family is originally from Cognac. Working primarily as a négociant, they slowly built a reputation and fortune, until Guy Tesseron purchased Bordeaux fifth-growth Château Pontet-Canet in 1975. Alfred Tesseron (Guy's son), not content with running Pontet-Canet, was looking for another project, one outside Bordeaux, said his son, Noe Tesseron, when we connected via Zoom earlier this fall. "He'd spent a lot of time in the US," said Noe. "He worked six years at Southern."
The search for property in Napa Valley quickly zeroed in on mountain locations, because they wanted to dry-farm the vines, explained Noe. Finally, after six years, Robin Williams's estate on Mount Veeder came on the market. It came with a big property, a huge house and a small vineyard of 18 acres, located between 1,600 and 1,900 feet above sea level.
It's a location that allows for dry-farming and freshness," said Noe. "We like wines that have tension, that are balanced, and being up there facilitates that."
The Tesserons took over in January 2016, immediately converting to dry-farming, organic and biodynamic viticulture. Most of the vineyard is east-facing, planted to vines that are now 30 years old. Sitting above the usual fog line, the vineyard is planted to 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 7% Cabernet France. All the vineyard work is done by hand, under the supervision of General Manager Jerome Ledit, who previously worked at Pontet-Canet and at Chapoutier's Alsace venture before that.
Following hand-harvesting and sorting, fermentation takes place in small (10 hectoliter) concrete vats. After pressing, roughly half of the wine goes into new French oak, while the balance matures in concrete for 16 to 18 months. Roughly 15,000 bottles are produced each year, although Noe said the 2020 vintage—earmarked for release late in 2024—would be smaller than usual.
Published: Dec 29, 2023
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James Suckling
“This is so aromatic, with aromas of black fruit, mushrooms, pencil shavings, bark, blackberries and orange peel. So enticing. Medium- to full-bodied with a linear and lightly dusty tannin structure that coats the mouth beautifully and leaves your palate clean and energized. Fine-textured tannins. Well done for a complicated vintage. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Very drinkable now, but structured for aging.” – James Suckling
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The 2016 is the first harvest from this estate following the purchase of the old Robin Williams vineyard by Chateau Pontet-Canet owner Alfred Tesseron in 2016. The estate includes just under 20 hectares of mature Cabernet Sauvignon (75%), Merlot (18 %) and Cabernet Franc (7 %) vines, planted in 1990. Now officially called "Pym-Rae", respecting the original name given to the vineyard by Robin Williams (Pym and Rae are the middle names of two of Williams' children). The vineyards are elevated at an average elevation of 500 meters on Mount Veeder.
For a family that owns vineyards of exceptional quality such as Pontet-|Canet, a place with great reputation and potential was necessary. An obvious choice was Napa in California. But not just anywhere in the valley. The generous nature of the climate had to be moderated by locally cool conditions: this meant a high altitude vineyard. To produce deep and balanced wines, sedimentary soils were needed with historical marine deposits that developed gradually over millions of years. The Mount Veeder region took care of all this. The vineyard had to be planted with Bordeaux varieties, the same ones the family had experience with in Pontet-Canet. Finally, the vines had to be mature, as only older plants have developed a deep root system, allowing them to extract the purest expression and minerality of the terroir, yielding full-bodied and complex wines. It's not the easiest land to farm, as certain areas are steep and steep, resulting in only a modest grape harvest. It is a remote location, like an island of nature, in the middle of nowhere. All this explains the exclusvity of Teseron Estate and the Pym-Rae already belongs to the absolute world top.
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EN PRIMEUR DISCOUNT VALID UNTIL 1/12/2024 - EXPECTED DECEMBER 2024
Alfred Tesseron (of Château Pontet-Canet in Pauillac, Bordeaux) was looking for a special terroir outside of Bordeaux to work with. He went looking for a place where the grape varieties he was familiar with from Bordeaux were grown and specifically a place where these grapes were at their best. He found that place in the originally volcanic and 500 meter high Mt. Veeder in Napa Valley. Tesseron came across the 29-year-old vineyard of actor Robin Williams, who had died two years earlier. Tesseron bought the vineyard in 2016 and named the project Pym Rae: the name Williams had given the vineyard, named after the (pet) names of his children. Williams had never made wine from this vineyard, but Tesseron saw great potential. The vineyard is now farmed in the same biodynamic way as at Château Pontet-Canet and with the same precision and dedication.
The Tesseron Estate Pym-Rae is a blend of mainly Cabernet Sauvignon supplemented with Merlot and Cabernet Franc. In the glass this top Napa has a deep garnet purple color and reveals deliciously fragrant notes of candied violets, wilted roses, damp earth and black tea over a core of red and blackcurrants, black cherries and warm blackberries plus a hint of cigar box and camphorsuckle. Medium to full bodied with a rock solid structure of fruit on the palate, fine grained tannins that beautifully support the elegant red and black fruit layers and a very long and very perfumed finish.
This Pym-Rae gives aromas of flowers, berries, plums and cocoa. It is full-bodied with compact fruit and fine tannins giving it a suppleness and finesse, yet very structured and long. The wine is matured in 55% new French barrels and 45% concrete eggs for 18 months. The wine is made from 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc and 15% Merlot
Ratings: 96 James Suckling, 95 The Wine Independent (L. Perrotti-Brown), 95 Jane Anson, 98 The Drinks Business (Colin Hay)
FACT: In the 'Attachments' tab you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will automatically send you this when you order this wine. You will also find a large number of photos of the unique vineyards of Tesseron Estate. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to collect the wine you will often also receive a nice discount . You will see your discount immediately when you choose 'Collection' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht almost next to the A16 with plenty of parking. Click here for our address.
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Region | Californie |
| Appellation | Napa Valley |
| Icons | Icon USA |
| Winery | Tesseron Estate |
| Grape | Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Drinking as of | 2025 |
| Drinking till | 2054 |
| Alcohol % | 14 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Promotion | En Primeur, Excluded from Pickup discount |
| Parker rating | 97 |
| James Suckling rating | 97 |
| Tasting Profiles | Complex, Donker fruit, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Tannines, Vol |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe |
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 96+
Reviewed by:
Joe Czerwinski
Release Price:
$390
Drink Date:
2026 - 2045
The 2019 Pym-Rae is made up of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Merlot, all aged in a combination of 45% new French oak barriques and small (260-gallon) concrete tanks. Impressively ripe and concentrated, it offers scents of cassis, violet and hints of dark chocolate on the nose, while the full-bodied palate is silky-smooth, framed by dusty tannins on the long, focused finish. Yes, it's somewhat Bordeaux-like in shape, but it's fully ripe, with black cherries emerging on the finish, along with the slightest touch of alcoholic warmth.
For those unfamiliar with the story, the Tesseron family is originally from Cognac. Working primarily as a négociant, they slowly built a reputation and fortune, until Guy Tesseron purchased Bordeaux fifth-growth Château Pontet-Canet in 1975. Alfred Tesseron (Guy's son), not content with running Pontet-Canet, was looking for another project, one outside Bordeaux, said his son, Noe Tesseron, when we connected via Zoom earlier this fall. "He'd spent a lot of time in the US," said Noe. "He worked six years at Southern."
The search for property in Napa Valley quickly zeroed in on mountain locations, because they wanted to dry-farm the vines, explained Noe. Finally, after six years, Robin Williams's estate on Mount Veeder came on the market. It came with a big property, a huge house and a small vineyard of 18 acres, located between 1,600 and 1,900 feet above sea level.
It's a location that allows for dry-farming and freshness," said Noe. "We like wines that have tension, that are balanced, and being up there facilitates that."
The Tesserons took over in January 2016, immediately converting to dry-farming, organic and biodynamic viticulture. Most of the vineyard is east-facing, planted to vines that are now 30 years old. Sitting above the usual fog line, the vineyard is planted to 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 7% Cabernet France. All the vineyard work is done by hand, under the supervision of General Manager Jerome Ledit, who previously worked at Pontet-Canet and at Chapoutier's Alsace venture before that.
Following hand-harvesting and sorting, fermentation takes place in small (10 hectoliter) concrete vats. After pressing, roughly half of the wine goes into new French oak, while the balance matures in concrete for 16 to 18 months. Roughly 15,000 bottles are produced each year, although Noe said the 2020 vintage—earmarked for release late in 2024—would be smaller than usual.
Published: Dec 29, 2023
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
James Suckling
“This is so aromatic, with aromas of black fruit, mushrooms, pencil shavings, bark, blackberries and orange peel. So enticing. Medium- to full-bodied with a linear and lightly dusty tannin structure that coats the mouth beautifully and leaves your palate clean and energized. Fine-textured tannins. Well done for a complicated vintage. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Very drinkable now, but structured for aging.” – James Suckling
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The 2016 is the first harvest from this estate following the purchase of the old Robin Williams vineyard by Chateau Pontet-Canet owner Alfred Tesseron in 2016. The estate includes just under 20 hectares of mature Cabernet Sauvignon (75%), Merlot (18 %) and Cabernet Franc (7 %) vines, planted in 1990. Now officially called "Pym-Rae", respecting the original name given to the vineyard by Robin Williams (Pym and Rae are the middle names of two of Williams' children). The vineyards are elevated at an average elevation of 500 meters on Mount Veeder.
For a family that owns vineyards of exceptional quality such as Pontet-|Canet, a place with great reputation and potential was necessary. An obvious choice was Napa in California. But not just anywhere in the valley. The generous nature of the climate had to be moderated by locally cool conditions: this meant a high altitude vineyard. To produce deep and balanced wines, sedimentary soils were needed with historical marine deposits that developed gradually over millions of years. The Mount Veeder region took care of all this. The vineyard had to be planted with Bordeaux varieties, the same ones the family had experience with in Pontet-Canet. Finally, the vines had to be mature, as only older plants have developed a deep root system, allowing them to extract the purest expression and minerality of the terroir, yielding full-bodied and complex wines. It's not the easiest land to farm, as certain areas are steep and steep, resulting in only a modest grape harvest. It is a remote location, like an island of nature, in the middle of nowhere. All this explains the exclusvity of Teseron Estate and the Pym-Rae already belongs to the absolute world top.
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