2024 Union Sacre ‘Cab Sauv’ Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon California, USA

WINEMAKER’S NOTES:

Inspired by the wines of Alsace, Union Sacr is a partnership between central coast winemakers Xavier Arnaudin and Philip Muzzy, two friends who picked up the tricks of the trade by working at such Central Coast wineries as Sans Liege, Barrel 27, Herman Story and Desperada. In 2012 they struck out on their own to make wine to share with friends. According to the winemakers: “We are not auteurs, adventurers or advocates, we are simply two friends throwing all our weight into making wine worthy of our friends and families tables. Union Sacre is the bread we break together.”

TASTING NOTES:

Leave it to an orange wine specialist to chart a new future for Paso Robles Cab. This lower alcohol bottling, which seamlessly integrated the 30% new oak treatment, shows blackberry fruit aroma set against a chalky, slate-like minerality on the nose. The palate is tightly wound, offering a core of dark red fruit spiced in cocoa and dried mint, with an olive kick on the lingering acidity of the finish. *Editors’ Choice*

– Wine Enthusiast, 94 pts.