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Wild Strawberry, Raspberry, Blood Orange, Black Cherry, Rosemary, Violet, Baking Spices.
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The classic varietal characteristics—floral aromas and lychee fruit flavors—show up in abundance in this...
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This Cabernet offers aromas of bright cherry, currant and raspberry with notes of toasted oak and vanilla. In the...
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Extreme elevation and rare Redvine soils make this mountain site ideal for growing well-structured Cabernet Sauvignon...
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Twice a year, the sun crosses the celestial equator, resulting in a day and night of equal length. These occurrences...
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For our Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, we carefully select only the finest barrels of the vintage from our estate...
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Youthful ruby hue, nose of blackberry and fresh herbs with flavors of dark fruit and a firm yet juicy textures and...
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Beautiful aromas of black cherry, dried blackberry, chocolate, caramel and hints of licorice. The palate is bold and...
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Dark core of cassis and plum notes laced with violet, graphite and juniper. Clean and balanced with a long,...
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Crushed red fruit and clay on the nose. Full-to medium-bodied with well-structured tannins. Juicy, ripe red and black...
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Aromas of redcurrants, blackberries, sliced plums and smoking tobacco. Full-bodied with fine, soft tannins. Black and...
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More Mourvèdre-dominated, the 2020 Casual Encounters is a blend of 58% Mourvèdre, 34% Syrah, and 8% Grenache....
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The 2020 Bolt Cutter is darkly inviting with a spicy blend of black currants, menthol and grilled herbs. It's...
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The Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated cuvée is the 2017 El Desafio De Jonata, which includes 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3%...
Cabernet Sauvignon Gewurztraminer Red Blend United States California Mendocino County Santa Barbara
Gewurztraminer is renowned for being a particularly tricky grape varietal to grow and cultivate, but is one which plenty of wineries persevere with due to its unique properties and excellent flavors The vines themselves are highly robust, and can even be unruly when in the correct type of soil, but they cannot grow well in terroirs which contain chalk or other similar components. They are also extremely susceptible to a wide range of diseases and rot, and due to their early budding and fruiting, they cannot survive frost. However, despite these problems, in cooler climates and on the right terroir, the Gewurztraminer grape varietal produces wonderful results quite unlike any other vine. The pink grapes are packed full of elegant and sweet flavors, their relatively high sugar content offering a light sweetness alongside floral notes, perfumed and aromatic aromas, and a distinctive taste of lychees.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.
Santa Barbara is home to many of California's most sought after wines, with a powerful reputation for superbly crafted, old world style big, flavorful and complex red wines. The white wine industry in the region is growing, too, with many wineries within Santa Barbara successfully experimenting with several classic white wine grape varietals. As in much of California, Santa Barbara benefits from the blazing west coast sunshine, coupled with cooling Pacific Ocean breezes and fogs, which help to temper the grapes and slow the ripening process, thus ensuring more flavor and aroma in the resulting wines. Although Santa Barbara is a relatively young wine region, it is home to many wineries who are extremely dedicated when it comes to demonstrating just how good their terroir is, and how characterful their region's wines can be.