Land of Saints Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Ynez Valley 2023

Land of Saints Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Ynez Valley 2023Land of Saints is a collaboration between Angela and Jason Osborne and Manuel Cuevas, focused on producing high quality wines from California's Central Coast that over deliver for their price. This delightfully fun, but super approachable Cabernet Sauvignon comes from a single vineyard in the Happy Canyon AVA of Santa Ynez. Happy Canyon has come to be the premier viticultural area for growing Bordeaux and Rhone varieties, as it is markedly warmer than

This 100% Barbera comes from soils that are mostly clay and limestone with some big rocks and chalk mixed in

and sage note with a sneaky note of blueberry Pop Tart

The Macchiona is Barbera and Bonarda macerated on the skins for 30 days using only indigenous yeasts

called Consorzio

I've heard of people with the resources and devotion to natural farming that wanted to do this but ended up throwing in the towel

and a very mild floral suggestion that is complemented by a bracing acidic cut

so we're glad we came across this one

it easily transcends the category

It is Rotberger (fka Zweigelt) that is fermented on the skins of Grüner Veltliner

Looking back after a decade plus

In the region of Eprius

Working this way helps improve the lives of the area’s farmers