Winc Matchlock Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
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At Winc, the mission is to create wine brands that speak to today’s drinker. As the largest digital-first wine company in the US, Winc leverages their customer data to curate a sought-after selection of brands, such as Summer Water, Folly of the Beast & Chop Shop. Once a wine becomes successful, they partner with wholesalers, retailers and restaurants to introduce it to a larger audience.
Winc takes pride in the fact that their approach to grape sourcing and winemaking is progressive and thoughtful. Since their inception, Winc has used their unique skill sets to create a wine team that is successful at small-lot winemaking. They then apply those small-lot winemaking techniques, skills and philosophies to winemaking on a larger scale. In the 2019 harvest alone, the house-made wines were from grapes representing 39 different varieties, 11 regions, and 54 vineyards in California alone. Not to mention sparkling wine, wine in a can, and cider.
Diversity is something done well at Winc.
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.