Another Shore 2021 Long Élevage

The fourth bottling of our Cabernet Sauvignon-based Another Shore blend highlights Massa Vineyard and a 2 ½ year-long élevage in barrel. Massa was once known as The Durney Vineyard, which was the very first vineyard planting in the Carmel Valley AVA in the late 1960s, and has been certified organic since the 1980s, when this block of vines were planted. This stunning site sits at considerable elevation (1300’) and just a few miles inland from the famous Monterey Bay. The tiny, tannin-driven Cabernet berries show the coastal, cool-climate influence through an unmistakable blue-fruited, lifted aroma that is unlike our other wines. We’ve blended-in old-vine Valdiguié from Ricetti Vineyard (Redwood Valley) for red-fruited mellowness on the palate, a blending approach not dissimilar from how Merlot might be classically joined with Cabernet Sauvignon. This “long élevage” barrel selection includes slightly more Cabernet (now 75%) than our earlier bottling and, with an additional year in barrel, the cool-climate Cabernet’s structure is drinking beautifully now and could age in your cellar for many years to come.