Winemaker Notes:

“With a rich ruby color, this full-bodied wine opens with aromas of cigar box, Bing cherries, cranberry sauce, saddle leather, and bay leaves. On the palate, we find flavors of Luxardo cherries, Campari, Valrhona chocolate, pomegranates, and apple tartlets, with robust tannins and hints of freshly turned earth and crushed rocks on the long and persistent finish.”

The monumental 2014 vintage, called a "game changer” by Robert Parker and a"dream vintage” by Wine Spectator. 100% Cabernet.

The 12-barrel production of the 2014 Sueño Profundo Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve was drawn from the rocky eastern hillsides above St. Helena where Conn Creek flows off of Howell Mountain, a stone’s throw from Anderson’s Conn Valley and Seavey. Glistening dark-ruby to the rim, with intoxicating aromas of black raspberry, anise, and violets, gently framed by new-wood cedar. Rich, sappy, and dense on the attack with fine floral cut, this is not only the most concentrated effort from Ry Richards to date, it’s the most precisely defined and structured. Just shy of 15% in alcohol, but you would never know it, finishing with sturdy tannin backbone. Drink now for its primary-fruit hedonism or, far better, lay down the 2014 Reserve until sometime in the next decade.

Rating: 91 Points (Cellar Selection)

“A meaty Cab with small percentages of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Sirah, this was given two years in mostly French oak. Pencil shavings and tar dominate on the nose, opening the way for a juiciness on the palate expressing dried herb and cassis. Integrated, the finish is savory and oaky. Enjoy through 2021.”