Again is a brawny yet soul-warming Cab Sauv, the kind of wine that can be poured alongside the most elaborate or the most rustic of meals and feel equally at home with either.
The nose of fresh spearmint, bramble fruit and blackcurrant leaf calls to mind a late-night walk through a cozy, wintry forest, wrapped up in the most luxurious blanket of velvety tannin.
The palate is dense, yet strikingly silky: imagine the subtlest note of Madagascar vanilla cutting through a heavenly slice of rich black forest cake. Well-integrated tannin and balanced acidity lead to a decadent, plummy finish sprinkled with pine needles and baking spice.
Savour this gorgeous red with braised short rib and truffled mashed potatoes if you’re feeling fancy, or sticky Southern BBQ for a raucous good time.
GOOD FOR —
Binge-watching Succession and channeling your inner Logan Roy
Watching the first snowfall of the year from the top floor of a high rise
Pairing with the most epic holiday dinner you’ve ever cooked
Sipping from a Thermos after ice-skating on a frozen lake
• Vintage: 2018
• Grapes: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Aasha Wines Estate Vineyard
• Appellation: Okanagan Valley Region, Naramata Bench
• ABV: 14.0%
• Acidity: 5.60 g/l tartaric acid
• pH: 3.94
• Sugar: 1.6 g/l
• Aging/Maturation (Fermentation): Cold soak before fermentation, 4 weeks of maceration. Full malolactic. 14 months in French Oak barrels.
• Recommended Drinking: Now through 2032
Open the bottle, and throw it in the fridge for 10-15 minutes. Pour a glass and enjoy. If you want to get fancy, you can decant this one for 20-30 minutes as well.
THE STORY BEHIND THE WINE
AGAIN
Winter and early dark nights again. Lonely streets, filled with snow and sharp cold air. The only warmth is the anticipation of the holidays coming. Lights and slow festive music; a reminder of cheer you should feel. This year is different though.
Distractions are nice, but often unwise. Confusion gives way to clarity in a moment. In no mood for a party, but compelled to attend. Loud blankness and imperceptible noise.
Corner of your eye, curls that you know instantly. She came. Enough time had passed, and a cocktail was the perfect excuse. A moment of weakness and then….