2019 L'Aventure, Estate Cuvée, Paso Robles, California, USA

2019 L'Aventure, Estate Cuvée, Paso Robles, California, USA

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2019 L'Aventure, Estate Cuvée, Paso Robles, California, USA

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Opulent, seductive, spicy and impressively structured, combining the fragrance of Syrah with the tannic pressure and confidence of Cabernet Sauvignon. Excellent quality with impact and power, traces of heat, a little tight right now and needs a few years in bottle to settle.

Drink 2024 to 2038

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux (October 2021)

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Jane Anson93/100
Opulent, seductive, spicy and impressively structured, combining the fragrance of Syrah with the tannic pressure and confidence of Cabernet Sauvignon. Excellent quality with impact and power, traces of heat, a little tight right now and needs a few years in bottle to settle.

Drink 2024 to 2038

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux (October 2021) Read more

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L'Aventure

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Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon lends itself particularly well in blends with Merlot. This is actually the archetypal Bordeaux blend, though in different proportions in the sub-regions and sometimes topped up with Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot.

In the Médoc and Graves the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend can range from 95% (Mouton-Rothschild) to as low as 40%. It is particularly suited to the dry, warm, free- draining, gravel-rich soils and is responsible for the redolent cassis characteristics as well as the depth of colour, tannic structure and pronounced acidity of Médoc wines. However 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines can be slightly hollow-tasting in the middle palate and Merlot with its generous, fleshy fruit flavours acts as a perfect foil by filling in this cavity.

In St-Emilion and Pomerol, the blends are Merlot dominated as Cabernet Sauvignon can struggle to ripen there - when it is included, it adds structure and body to the wine. Sassicaia is the most famous Bordeaux blend in Italy and has spawned many imitations, whereby the blend is now firmly established in the New World and particularly in California and  Australia.

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