Winemaker Notes
With bright acidity and savory notes, this is a food pairing wine. It pairs well with Gnocchi Bolognese and a side of broccoli rabe, smoked chicken over a kale salad with dried cranberries, toasted walnuts and tangerine vinaigrette or seared beef and asparagus tips in an oyster sauce over jasmine rice.
Blend: 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 4% Ruby Cabernet, 4% Zinfandel, 2% Rubired , 2% Petite Sirah
Professional Ratings
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Tasting Panel
Complex aromas of beet root, sandalwood, and cassis. The mouthfeel is soothed with silky tannins and the flavor profile is a virtual spice cabinet of tarragon, clove, basil, dill, and cardamom with a cherry-oaked, marshmallow finish.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
A well-rounded effort that is sure to please folks looking for a good-drinking wine, the 2015 Leese-Fitch Cabernet Sauvignon shows up with open-knit flavors of ripe berries and sweet wood. The wine's well-balanced structure, without any tannic edge, makes it a perfect choice with mixed grilled meats. (Tasted: August 3, 2017, San Francisco, CA)
Covering the most vine acreage in the state compared to any other red wine variety, Cabernet Sauvignon produces as much wine in California as Merlot and Pinot Noir combined. The state’s diverse terrain and microclimates, as well as the freedom of its winemakers, allow for an incredible range of wine styles from this single grape.
California’s most famous region—and especially for Cabernet Sauvignon—is the acclaimed Napa Valley. While Cabernet is successful throughout the world, rarely has it achieved such merit as it does from the Napa Valley. At this point the two are so intrinsically linked that it is difficult to discuss one without the other.
Napa’s closest neighbor, Sonoma County, does an impressive job keeping up with Napa’s fame and glory. Alexander Valley, Sonoma Mountain, Moon Mountain and Knights Valley contribute to the lot of some of California’s top-rated Cabernet Sauvignon.
Lake County in California’s North Coast has become a focus for some of Napa’s more respected growers. From the Central Coast come iconic examples of classic California Cabernet; Lodi and the Sierra Foothills are great budget-friendly sources of amicable Cabernets.