Expect black currant, dark cherry, cedar, dried herb, and a touch of mountain savor with full body and structured tannins. The 2015 Napa vintage was warm and concentrated.
- Varietal
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Region
- USA / California / Napa Valley
- Body
- Full
- Style
- dry red, oak-aged, structured
The producer
Snowden Vineyards is a family-owned producer with vineyard holdings high on Pritchard Hill in the eastern hills of Napa Valley. The Ranch bottling is one of their accessible-tier Cabernets, sitting below the higher-end estate bottlings.
What critics say
Snowden's Cabernets, particularly the higher-tier estate bottlings, receive strong critical attention as elegant, structured Pritchard Hill expressions.
Pairing
Grilled ribeye, lamb shank, herb-crusted rack of lamb