Cellar #8 Cabernet Sauvignon (75cl, 12.5%)

A multi-appellation California North Coast Cabernet blend produced by Asti Winery, with fruit sourced from Paso Robles, Knights Valley and Lake County. It is 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petite Sirah and 4% Cabernet Franc, aged for 13 months in American and French oak. Serve at 60-65°F, slightly below room temperature, with a few minutes of breathing in the glass. It works in a Kalimotxo, New York Sour or red wine sangria. The nose shows rich chocolate, baking spice, cinnamon, black licorice and roasted coffee. The palate is round and silky with ripe black cherry, currant, blackberry, plum and coffee-inflected oak, plus spicy tannins. The finish is long and dry, with firm tannins, dark fruit, roasted coffee and a faint bittersweet chocolate note.