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Wente Vineyards Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Charles Wetmore 2014
Livermore, San Francisco Bay, California, United StatesPlush and mouth filling, with velvet tannins supporting the rich and sun-ripened black and red fruits. There's a savoury leathery note to this bold wine that provides cab's proper gravitas. Cassis, baked plums, dark chocolate, cedar on the intense palate, with toasty wood spicing. The wood is enveloped into the density of the fruit, making this ready for drinking now, with beef. This single vineyard cab (Charles Wetmore Vineyard) comes from Livermore Valley's clay hillsides and gravelled alluvial fans, between 460-735ft. This aged for 20 months in 40 percent new French oak. This is splashed with petit verdot, petite sirah, and malbec.Tasted: 02 November 2018Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:BC | $31.99 | 750ml | private wine stores |
Grape: Cabernet SauvignonCSPC: 409202UPC: 089636420000