Y. Rousseau. Son of a Butcher Red Blend

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Typically $24/bottle from Y Rousseau Wines
Vintage 2022 from various Northern Californian vineyards
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About Y Rousseau Wines: “Yannick’s reputation has been made not by following in anyone’s particular footsteps but rather by taking what he has learned from great mavericks and integrating it into what he discovers to be true. His history of working with grape varietals from the Southwest of France is well known. Now, he carries forward his winemaking mission still embracing Colombard, Tannat and other favored varietals and blending them to create revived, and even edge-bending wines.”

Where Cassis King

TASTING NOTES: Deep and vibrant black cherry in color. Bright, deep, full, generous, elegant and complex with notes of blackberries, baked blueberry pie, cassis, dry herbs, spices, black olives and delicate French oak on the nose. Supple entrance leading to juicy mid-palate. Full-bodied with good structure. Offers sweet spices, cocoa powder, blackberries on the tongue. Silky tannins, with a great balance and fresh long finish. (AbV 14.7%)

VARIETALS: 40% Tannat, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon (Sonoma & Napa), 20% Cabernet Franc, 5% Merlot, 5% Malbec

BARRELS: 20 months in French oak, 25% new.

PAIRS WITH: Meat lasagna, pork chop, a steaming bowl of chili, meatloaf, eggplant parmesan or a juicy hamburger.

THAT REMINDS ME OF: Cassis.

Do you ever see cassis outside of wine tasting notes or crème de cassis? I feel like I don’t. I mean, it makes sense I never see it, considering blackcurrant isn’t really a thing in the US, but it’s odd. Cassis is literally the French word for blackcurrant, if you were unaware, and comes from the Latin cassia, which refers to cinnamon. For some reason. I’m not sure why or at what point it came to refer to blackcurrant as well.

It definitely makes sense why Yannick would say cassis describing his wine instead of blackcurrant, but it seems like the word gets used with wine outside the context of a Frenchman talking about his own wine. I’m sure at least some people don’t realize cassis is blackcurrant, right? I don’t know. Maybe it bothers me more than it should.

Crap, wrong website.

Y. Rousseau. Son of a Butcher Red Blend

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