Another Shore 2018
46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, 16% Petite Sirah · California · 126 Cases
Warmer climate sites and Italian varietals usually have us looking at life through orange tinted shades. Another Shore swaps these out for blue as we journey into some delicate, northerly dream. Wet stone, mountain mint, fir tips, and the smell of first snow on the nose. Crisp cherries and a whisper of forest on the palate.
750mL, 13.5% ABV
Enjoy With
Crudité, thinly sliced radishes, and seasonal greens. We typically associate cab with steak and big bold cuts of meat but this Cab blend shines best with veggies. If you’re going to go the steak route, go rare.
Drink When
You’ve just dropped the needle on your favorite record, listening to water percolate through your houseplants, anything that reminds you to try a little tenderness.
Martha's Notes
I’m walking through a calm forest, filled with the periwinkle light of dusk, and I see fairies weaving garlands of fir tips, cherries, eucalyptus and magic. Some sit on granite slabs as they weave, others gently flit midair, softly singing. I haven’t made Cabernet Sauvignon since 2008, my second vintage working as a harvest intern in California, but when a friend invited me to walk this special cool climate Cabernet vineyard with her, I was moved to ask her for a ton of fruit to work with under the Martha Stoumen Wines name. California tries to tame the beautiful green notes that make Cabernet Sauvignon herself, but I see no need to erase this character. Blended classically with Merlot, and unclassically with a bit of Petite Sirah, this wine brings me away from my normal winemaking sphere of Italian-leaning flavors, warm color palettes, dry dusty tannins, and wines reminiscent of spring, summer and fall, to a wine that evokes winter, cool colors, and has wet tannins and flavors of some northern place. This wine brings me to another shore.
Specifications
Vintage:
2018
Alcohol:
13.5%
Varietal:
46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, 16% Petite Sirah
Vineyard:
Cabernet Sauvignon from a mystery vineyard in the Russian River Valley, Sonoma County.
Merlot from King Vineyard, Suisun Valley; planted in 1989 on St George rootstock; grown with compost teas and without pesticides and herbicides, clay soils.
Petite Sirah from Benson Ranch, Mendocino County; 15-year-old vines; dry farmed (no irrigation); farmed by us using only organic products; no use of pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers; gravelly loam soils.
Serving Temp:
Cellar // 55-60°F (13-16°C) // This bottle should be cold to the touch, but not frosty.
At Bottling:
(May 2020): free SO2 6 mg/L, total SO2 25 mg/L. Sediment expected. All wines are vegan.
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