2014 The Insider, Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles

This medium plum Cabernet from the best "Big Red" grape areas of Paso Robles has concentrated aromas of cassis and boysenberry. The entry of this wine displays a very supple and plush texture with ripe black cherries, integrated vanilla and balanced French oak notes. After opening up, the wine reveals a vibrant Cabernet Sauvignon tannin structure which showcases both its backbone and age-ability while ending with rich plummy and ripe cherry fruit with cherry vanilla on the finish. This wine has been carefully crafted from grapes grown within 4 subdistricts in the Paso Robles AVA: Adelaida, Templeton Gap, Creston and Santa Margarita Ranch. We vinify each of these vineyards separately and process and ferment each independently to bring out the best of each vineyard. After a 3-4 day cold soak we ferment each Cabernet lot over 3 daily pumpovers prolonging the skin contact until 14 days has elapsed. We then rack each onto French oak and put the wines through Malo- Lactic fermentation. Once complete, the wines are racked and sulfured and laid to rest in 2 year old French oak for a period of 22 months. During its life in the cellar it is racked 4 times. Once the final blend has been made the final (5th rack) combines our selection of each vineyard which is clearly expressed in the bottle.