Winemaker Notes
The 2022 Maddalena Cabernet Sauvignon is filled with vibrant fruit flavors, including dark plum, raspberry, and spicy black cherry. Barrel aging lends to notes of vanilla, caramel, and oak spice. With a silky texture and a round, rich mouth framed by soft tannins, this well-rounded and well-balanced wine makes a perfect pairing for almost any meal.
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Wine Enthusiast
na 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon (Paso Robles). Light red fruit and delicate bakingspice aromas draw the nose into this bottling. The palate is much more exciting, offering clean and fresh flavors of blackberry, vanilla and caramel that are broadly pleasing.
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.