Clos Pegase Cabernet Sauvignon

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Typically $120/bottle from Clos Pegase
Vintage 2021 from Napa Valley
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About Clos Pegase: “From Jan Shrem’s vision of a ‘sanctuary for wine and art’ to Michael Graves’ postmodern landmark on Dunaweal Lane, Clos Pegase has spent four decades treating wine and the visual arts as a single act.”

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TASTING NOTES: “An expressive nose, with a touch of espresso bean, plum, ripe dark cherry and cassis. The palate shows rich, dark fruits, smooth yet bold tannins, a lovely silky texture and crisp acidity. Flavors include cocoa nibs, chocolate-covered espresso beans, crushed ripe plum, a touch of graphite and baker’s spice. This wine will reward careful cellaring for the medium to long term. Clos Pegase’s winemaking legacy began with André Tchelistcheff, who crafted the inaugural Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon vintages. Tchelistcheff’s pioneering focus on terroir-driven varietal planting laid the foundation for the winery’s philosophy. Today, Winemaker Robin Akhurst leads the team in honoring this legacy through a blend of tradition and innovation. The winemaking approach combines classic techniques with modern practices to highlight vineyard character.” (AbV 14.5%, pH 3.5)

VARIETALS: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

BARRELS: 24 months in 50% new French oak and 50% in neutral oak

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THAT REMINDS ME OF: Clos Pegase, the winery’s name. Pegase is French for Pegasus, so this is a bottle from the Pegasus estate.

Pegasus has had a surprisingly good career in corporate branding for a horse whose origin story is that he sprang out of Medusa when Perseus cut off her head. Somehow that ended up as a gas station logo. Mobil’s flying red horse is Pegasus, and in 1934 a giant neon version went up on top of the Magnolia Building in downtown Dallas, rotating over the skyline like the city’s most confident weather vane. People in Dallas still treat it as a landmark. I want to know who sat in the meeting where someone said “the winged horse with the gruesome birth, but for gasoline,” and everyone nodded.

In fairness, the pitch holds up better than it sounds. In the myths, Pegasus is the one who carries Zeus’s thunderbolts, which makes him the original fuel delivery service (why not). It’s still a strange arc, from a bloody mythological birth to a rotating sign over an oil company’s headquarters to a name on a Napa Valley gate.

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How are you buying your bottles?

Pegasus is on gas stations, a Dallas skyline, and a Napa gate. Which brand mascot do you actually notice when you see it?

The Mobil flying red horse, I spot it every time

The Mobil flying red horse, I spot it every time
Some other logo animal, like the Lamborghini bull or Ferrari horse

Some other logo animal, like the Lamborghini bull or Ferrari horse
I never notice logos, I just need the gas

I never notice logos, I just need the gas
I know the myth better than the brands

I know the myth better than the brands
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Clos Pegase Cabernet Sauvignon

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