The Vegan Vine Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
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The Vegan Vine is 100% committed to cruelty-free winemaking every vintage. Therefore, we do not use animal products in our wines. The four animal products often used in winemaking are isinglass (fish bladder), gelatin (pigs hooves), casein, (milk protein) and albumen (egg whites).
When making wine without animal products, patience is a virtue. Animal based fining agents—fish bladders, gelatin and egg whites—speed up a process that will eventually occur naturally, making them unnecessary. At the right temperature and after the perfect amount of time, particles will settle out all on their own. Natural techniques, and a patient demeanor, can help produce some of the best wines in the world.
Vegan Vine Wines come from a certified sustainable vineyard and winery. As a multi-generational, family-owned wine business, it's important to leave the land and our surrounding environment better than how we found it for our kids and grandkids. But ultimately, it's the right thing to do.
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
The largest and perhaps most varied of California’s wine-growing regions, the Central Coast produces a good majority of the state's wine. This vast California wine district stretches from San Francisco all the way to Santa Barbara along the coast, and reaches inland nearly all the way to the Central Valley.
Encompassing an extremely diverse array of climates, soil types and wine styles, it contains many smaller sub-AVAs, including San Francisco Bay, Monterey, the Santa Cruz Mountains, Paso Robles, Edna Valley, Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Maria Valley.
While the Central Coast California wine region could probably support almost any major grape varietiy, it is famous for a few Central Coast reds and whites. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel are among the major ones. The Central Coast is home to many of the state's small, artisanal wineries crafting unique, high-quality wines, as well as larger producers also making exceptional wines.