USA : WASHINGTON : COLUMBIA VALLEYCERTIFIED ORGANIC : Cabernet SauvignonMED-BODIED, BLACK CHERRY, BLACKBERRY, COCOA, GRAPHITE, OAKA modern clean-label Columbia Valley Cab from the Sager brothers — second-generation co-presidents of Winesellers, Ltd. — with Katie Lee Biegel as co-founder. Certified organic, certified vegan, zero added sugar, lighter-weight American glass with no capsule, sugar-cane labels, vegetable inks. 1% for the Planet member since 2022, with named beneficiaries Kiss the Ground and the Organic Farming Research Foundation.2023 in Columbia Valley ran cool, late and long — extended hang time, preserved acidity, more aromatic lift than a hot year would give. The fruit comes from a third-generation organically farmed family estate along the Columbia River.PAIRINGS : Pan-roasted lamb chops with rosemary The wine’s modest 13.3% handles lamb without going heavy Sausage-and-fennel pizza Tomato, fennel and sausage fat bridge to red fruit and herbal edge Aged cheddar with dark cherry preserves Direct echo of the cocoa and black cherry on the palate
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