Vineyard
This is our sixteenth vintage from this three-acre hillside vineyard on the lower slope of eastern Oakville. Pedregal is just east of the Silverado Trail and north of Oakville Crossroad, across from Rudd and below Dalle Valle, other vineyards in the vicinity include Screaming Eagle, Tench, Tierra Roja, and Peter Michael’s Au Paradis.
Harvest Date: Oct 7 (Petit Verdot) & Oct 10 (Cabernet Sauvignon)
Brix: 24.8˚ average
Soil: Iron-rich red soil, 85% basalt rock
AVA: Oakville
Winemaking
Varietal Composition: 85% Cabernet Sauvignon & 15% Petit Verdot Fermentation: Native-yeast and full natural malolactic fermentations
Aging: The 2019 Pedregal rested on its lees for 27 months in new French oak barrels (Taransaud) with bi-monthly bâtonnage to coat the tannins and smoothly integrate the wood. The wine was then lightly fined with egg whites and bottled without filtration in February 2022.
