Substance Super Substance Jack's Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
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The 2013 Super Substance Cabernet Sauvignon Jack’s Vineyard comes from Walla Walla and is a medium to full-bodied, concentrated release that has lots of cassis and black raspberry fruit intermixed with notions of iron, graphite, lavender and licorice. It still has a touch of oak to integrate, yet is already approachable due to its texture and purity. It should drink well for at least a decade.
The original thought was to be a one wine brand, with a single minded vision to produce the best value-priced Cabernet Sauvignon in America. How do you go about this? Traditional winemaking. Natural fermentations. Barrel-aging. Plus, bottling unfiltered and unfined. In essence, making the wines in small batch winemaking integrity, but doing so on a larger scale. The wine is black. The label definitively says, "This is Cabernet Sauvignon." With the CS, you know who made this wine: Charles Smith. There is also the single vineyard, single expression, Bordeaux varietals (ex: Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot) produced in very limited quantities. Let's not to forget, the single vineyard Loire-style Substance Sauvignon Blanc. Wines of Substance illustrates Charles’ philosophy of producing exceptional wines to be enjoyed by everyone around the globe.