Winemaker Notes
The 2021 Intercept Cabernet Sauvignon has aromas of ripe blackberries, red currants, and dried herbs. The wine is full-bodied with baking spice flavors and plush ripe fruit with a long, fine-grained tannin finish.
Pair with anything off the BBQ, steaks, braised short ribs, and lamb chops.
Blend: 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 3% Petite Sirah, 1% Petite Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc
Vegan-Friendly
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This big, robust wine is dense in dark fruit and oak spices. Tasty, smoky aromas lead to rich, roasted-fruit flavors on firm tannins and a full body. Wood smoke, grilled beef and blackberry flavors are deep and persistent.
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Wine Enthusiast
Dark aromas of roasted fruit, oak, soy and pepper introduce the nose to this bottling. Anise and blackberry flavors are mixed with lightly bitter carob and oak spice on the palate.
As Paso Robles, California has soared in number of wineries and gained in popularity, Cabernet Sauvignon has firmly taken root as the region’s number one varietal. Alone, it accounts for just over 40% of plantings and is grown throughout both the western and eastern sides of the appellation. Though viticulture here dates back to the 18th century, Cabernet Sauvignon didn’t emerge as a significant grape here until the 1970’s. But since then it has definitely made up for lost time.
Legendary winemaker and consultant Andre Tchelistcheff first recognized Paso’s potential with Cabernet Sauvignon in the early 1960’s. The calcareous soil and dramatic diurnal temperature changes of Paso’s westside particularly intrigued him. Today modern winemaking techniques and focused experimentation with various clones, rootstocks and vineyard strategies optimize the region's ideal combination of soil and climate to deliver the best fruit possible.
The results are evident in the glass. Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon can be mesmerizing, with rich aromas and flavors of blackberry, cassis, black cherry, graphite, toasty oak, vanilla and spice. The structure, balance and unbridled opulence of these wines impress from first sip to last. Not surprisingly, Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignons have steadily grown in reputation, not just in the U.S., but around the world.