Paysan San Benito County Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 NO20230809 where the soils are sandier

where the soils are sandier than the chalk of Ambonnay

and Roulot's version is no exception: mineral width

planted to Dijon clones 115 and 777

and so much more

giving opulent

Paysan San Benito County Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 NO20230809 where the soils are sandierOld vine Cabernet from San Benito County not a sentence you read often, and that's exactly the point of Paysan. Ian Brand is one of the Central Coast's most curious winemakers, and this bottling pulls fruit from older Cabernet plantings in a region better known for everyday wine than serious red. In his hands, it becomes something else: medium bodied, savory, herbal edged, with cassis and dried sage and a real sense of place. The opposite of glossy