Vincent Arroyo Cabernet Sauvignon

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Typically $45/bottle from Vincent Arroyo
Vintage 2012 from Calistoga
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About Vincent Arroyo Winery
Vincent Arroyo, originally a Silicon Valley mechanical engineer, moved out to Calistoga in 1974 and began his winemaking journey. Though gradually becoming a family affair, Vince has always had a hand in the growing and fermentation despite passing the reins to some degree to his daughter Adrian and her husband Matt. With seven different varieties, from Petite Sirah (his mainstay) to Sangiovese to Merlot, the Vincent Arroyo Winery has been a constant in the Napa Valley scene.

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TASTING NOTES:
“The 2012 Vincent Arroyo Cabernet Sauvignon opens with solid fruit structure and is full of rich blackberry, boysenberry, dark chocolate and chewy tannins yielding a medium-bodied, well-balanced wine.“ (AbV 13.45%, pH 3.53, TA 6.7 g/L)

BARRELS:
30% new French oak.

TANGENTIALLY RELATED FACT to help you make conversation over this wine:
In poker, there are several “flushes,” aka hands that contain cards all of the same suit. A straight flush is when you have both a flush and a “straight,” aka a hand that contains a full five-cards sequential in rank. And even further beyond that, you have the “royal flush,” which is a straight flush with the Ace high, meaning the hand is the Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and 10 of the same suit.

Also there’s a Batman villain group called the Royal Flush Gang and I bet you can’t guess what their schtick is.

PAIRS WITH (winery recommended):
N/A

OR (really-going-with-the-theme-option):
A card up your sleeve, and shades like they wear on all those poker tournament shows.

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