Cabernet Sauvignon  2013

MATCHBOOK WINES

Cabernet Sauvignon
2013

Country
United States
Regulated designation
American Viticultural Areas (AVA)
Region
California
Subregion
Lake
Varietal(s)
Cabernet Sauvignon 79 %
Petit Verdot 12 %
Petite Sirah 9 %
Colour
Red
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About this winery

Why Matchbook? As a farm kid growing up in the late 1950´s and early 1960´s John Giguiere was a confirmed pyromaniac starting various things on fire such as his father´s wheat field. At one point, fearing total ruin from his kids burning him out of the house and farm, his father took them to the city jail for an hour stay to impress upon his brother and him the futility of their fascination with fire. John and his brother answered at a later date by graduating from random fires to the...

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Tasting notes

We source the fruit for our Matchbook Cabernet from the famed Lake County appellation, blending in Petit Verdot and Petite Sirah to create a classic California Cab with aromas of cocoa nibs, vanilla and boysenberry. This wine evolves in the glass with rich flavors of chocolate beans, blackberries and blueberries, finishing off with silky, well-integrated tannins. Enjoy this full, elegant Cabernet with frenched rack of lamb and pepper-crusted prime rib.