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Connection Cabernet

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In 2025, we partnered with our friends at Saarloos and Sons to create two true estate wines for Roundbarn Ranch. Our relationship with SSCO is rooted in connection, authenticity and our shared appreciation for the remarkable land of the Santa Ynez Valley. Much the way Roundbarn Ranch was founded with our values as pillars, Saarloos creates its wines based on their own set of five essential pillars. We admire those pillars which include things like farming their vineyards themselves, harvesting by hand,making wine as a family. and their commitment to relationships.

We are thrilled to present our  ranch red, Connection Cabernet, locally grown and harvested then bottled and labeled by SSCO for RBR.This Cabernet grows in the winemaker’s warmer Los Olivos estate vineyards, shaped by long sun-filled days and cooled by coastal evenings. The extended season builds energy that is focused. Black cherry and cassis flavors lead, followed by red currant and subtle dried herbs. As the wine opens, layers of cedar, cocoa, and soft tobacco leaf emerge, adding depth without slowing momentum. The tannins are firm yet finely grained, providing grip while staying composed. Acidity lifts the wine through a long, clean finish.

Available for on-site enjoyment only at Roundbarn Ranch.

In 2025, we partnered with our friends at Saarloos and Sons to create two true estate wines for Roundbarn Ranch. Our relationship with SSCO is rooted in connection, authenticity and our shared appreciation for the remarkable land of the Santa Ynez Valley. Much the way Roundbarn Ranch was founded with our values as pillars, Saarloos creates its wines based on their own set of five essential pillars. We admire those pillars which include things like farming their vineyards themselves, harvesting by hand,making wine as a family. and their commitment to relationships.

We are thrilled to present our  ranch red, Connection Cabernet, locally grown and harvested then bottled and labeled by SSCO for RBR.This Cabernet grows in the winemaker’s warmer Los Olivos estate vineyards, shaped by long sun-filled days and cooled by coastal evenings. The extended season builds energy that is focused. Black cherry and cassis flavors lead, followed by red currant and subtle dried herbs. As the wine opens, layers of cedar, cocoa, and soft tobacco leaf emerge, adding depth without slowing momentum. The tannins are firm yet finely grained, providing grip while staying composed. Acidity lifts the wine through a long, clean finish.

Available for on-site enjoyment only at Roundbarn Ranch.

More from Winemaker

Keith Saarloos of Saarloos and Sons

The Sense of Place

Our wines are 100% estate grown. They tell the story of our land, the year, the weather, and the hands that shaped them. Every vintage is a record of what actually happened—how much rain fell, when the wind arrived, how long the afternoons stretched, and how cool nights slowed everything down just enough. These wines are not engineered. They are responded to. The French have a word for this: terroir—the idea that wine should taste like where it comes from. Not just soil, but slope, light, air, climate, and the people walking the vines day after day.

Estate Cabernet- The Racehorse

Why the Racehorse This Cabernet grows in our warmer Los Olivos estate vineyards, shaped by long sun-filled days and cooled by coastal evenings. The extended season builds energy that’s focused, not frantic. Like a racehorse, this wine carries strength in motion. Muscled. Alert. Precise. Every stride purposeful. Nothing wasted. It doesn’t carry the load. It moves it.

Tasting Notes

Black cherry and cassis lead, followed by red currant and subtle dried herbs. As the wine opens, layers of cedar, cocoa, and soft tobacco leaf emerge, adding depth without slowing momentum.

The tannins are firm yet finely grained, providing grip while staying composed. Acidity lifts the wine through a long, clean finish that feels confident and controlled—strength guided by timing. This wine moves across the palate the way a great horse moves across ground: powerful, balanced, aware.

Pairing Notes

Ideal alongside grilled or roasted beef, lamb, and classic preparations done well. This is a wine that rewards precision and restraint—food that’s respected, not overworked.

Why These Wines Matter

These wines are rare because they are limited by reality—by place, by season, by weather, and by human hands. We only make what the vineyard gives us. No corrections. No exaggeration. What you’re holding isn’t just a bottle. It’s a season, a hillside, and a family’s work—captured once, then gone forever.