Winemaker Notes
Sourced from Paso Robles and Santa Barbara County, this Central Coast Cabernet Sauvignon offers the best of both appellations. Fresh acidity, floral nuance and vibrant fruit from the Santa Barbara Vineyards; textured concentration, deep color and decadent flavors from the Paso Robles sites.
This is a great stand-alone wine for is approachability.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2019 Fundamental Cabernet Sauvignon comes partly from Paso Robles and partly from Santa Barbara County and offers tremendous quality for the price. Deep ruby-purple, it has rich cassis fruit on the nose with notes of vanilla, forest floor and dark spice. The full-bodied palate is richly fruited but not over the top, with a soft, juicy feel and a spicy finish.
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.