Winemaker Notes
This wine arouses your senses with generous berry aromas kissed by bittersweet chocolate. Black cherry, blackcurrant and blackberry flavors mingle with lavish vanilla spice on the palate before culminating in a smooth, lingering finish. Menage a Trois selected grapes from some of California’s finest wine growing regions known for producing rich flavors: Lodi/Delta, Monterey, and the North Coast. The winemakers add just a touch of Merlot to the Cabernet Sauvignon, giving the wine added depth and complexity. The wine is infused with French oak, which imparts a lavish mouthfeel and irresistibly sultry hints of vanilla spice.
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.