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R&W Vineyards 2018 Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Sauvignon

R&W Vineyards 2018 Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Sauvignon

California Mountain Cab!
Best Kept Secret
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California Mountain Cab!
Best Kept Secret

Mission Codename Proxima Centauri

“Perched high above the Pacific, the hillside vineyards of the Santa Cruz Mountains are capable of producing some of the most exciting wine in California, but demand is always likely to exceed supply.”* - Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

Straight up, honest, pure Cabernet, grown a stone’s throw away from the famous Monte Bello Ridge in Santa Cruz Mountains at over 2,500 feet above sea level. But that’s not the best part…

For $25??!!!

They say hire people who are smarter than you. Well, it’s going to be tough for the owners of R&W to do that given their background.

Noël Relyea and Bill Wood, the R and the W behind R&W Vineyards are not your typical couple. Both are scientists with PhDs in biochemistry from Cornell, followed by bleeding edge careers at some of the top companies in the world. Now retired, their entire focus is the wine dream they built from the ground up in 2005. From Wood’s obsession with microbiology raising ambient yeasts, to building an observatory out of the winery barn, science guides them, while they pursue the art of winemaking.

This wine bridges the gap between Old and New World styles. Fresh, bright, but full of juicy good fruit. Loaded with bright red berries, juicy red currant, and an exotic hint of candied orange peel in the back. It finishes youthful with a velvety mouthfeel as mountain tannins kick in toward the long, complex finale. It clocks in lower alcohol (13.4%) than your typical Napa Cabernet too, making it round, and oh-so-quaffable. All you need to make it even more memorable is a well-marbled, dry-aged NY strip with all the fixings.

Vinous’ Antonio Galloni recently wrote “I have long believed that the Santa Cruz Mountains is one of the world’s preeminent regions for fine whites and reds that speak of place.”*

And here’s an example that speaks volumes!

Quality Cabernet at this price always goes quickly. What are you waiting for?

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R&W Vineyards 2018 Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml Wine Label
Look

Vivid, translucid medium ruby with the faintest deep blue to purple glow on the bright circumference

Smell

Loaded with bright red berries, juicy red currant, and an exotic hint of candied orange peel in the back

Taste

Fresh, bright, but full of juicy good fruit, it bridges the gap between Old and New World styles

Finish

Youthful with a velvety mouthfeel as mountain tannins kick in toward the long, complex finale

Pairing

All you need to make it even more memorable is a well-marbled, dry-aged NY strip with all the fixings

What the Winery Says 2018 Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Sauvignon

R&W Vineyards
R&W Vineyards
Winemaker
William Wood
Varietal
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage
2018
Appellation
Santa Cruz Mountains, Central Coast
Vineyards
Estate & Betchart Vineyards
Alcohol
13.4%
Harvest dates
October 14, November 3, 2018
Aging
21 months
Barrels
67% new French oak
Production
3 barrels

About the Winery R&W Vineyards

R&W Vineyards Winemaker William Wood
R&W Vineyards Winemaker William Wood
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