2021 13 Rams Chardonnay Lake County

Wine Access members have made 13 Rams one of our hottest new brands, writing reviews like “I’m on my second case and I’m considering buying a third. You can’t beat this wine at this price point.” Another wrote, “[The] fruit intensity is captivating.”

A Master Sommelier who’s a good friend called it a “rich, powerful style of Chardonnay” that “delivers well into the $40+ range for its layers of polished intensity.” 

One of Napa Valley’s top winemakers—a Napa legend with multiple 100-pointers in his trophy case—was absolutely dumbstruck when he saw Clay Shannon’s phenomenal Lake County terroir. And it was enough to make him get on board with Clay Shannon as a consultant. 

To understand the excitement, look no further than this bottle. It’s phenomenal—a 100% estate-grown, organic, creamy, fruit-driven blockbuster that shows exactly why Napa Valley icons like grower Andy Beckstoffer are flocking to Lake County.

Clay Shannon’s plan for growth is not rooted in branding or marketing, but in the land itself. He has created a self-sustaining, certified organic farm that requires little in the way of agricultural inputs from outside his property. No herbicides are used, and Clay’s herd of sheep graze through the carbon-trapping cover crops that intersperse the rows of vines, also enriching the soil with manure.

Bottom line? Shannon has enough fruit on his ranch to make 500,000 cases of wine per year, but he only bottles a small fraction of that. The very best fruit in that slice goes into his 13 Rams and OVIS wines. His customers for grapes include some of Napa’s biggest names, who put them into much more expensive bottles than this. That’s what makes this such a stellar find.

• Fruit Intensity
• Oak Intensity
• Body
• Sweetness
• Acidity

• ABV 14.50%
• Enjoy right away
• Now – 2029
• % Chardonnay
• Serving temperature – 45°
• Cork