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Iconoclast This deep, almost opaque, and - yes - iconoclastic wine is a blend of valley floor Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley and Colson Canyon Syrah from Santa Maria Valley. The Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah grapes are fermented separately then pressed into a mixture of new and neutral French oak barrels. After six months, the wine is racked, blended, then returned to the barrels for an additional year of aging. It is bottled unfined and unfiltered. What makes this wine unique is not only its unusual blending of grapes (Syrah / Cabernet Sauvignon blends are extremely rare in California) but also its particularly rich flavors, aromas and textures. In this wine, blackcurrants and blackberries mingle in the glass. In this wine, vanilla meets chocolate. Look for hints of tobacco and espresso on the nose and prepare yourself for a solid, velvety finish. Simply put, Carina Cellars’ Iconoclast is in a class by itself. Iconoclast, 2005
Iconoclasts, rebels, trendsetters…all are innovators of society. This wine defies categories, unwillingly made a hypocrite by its own popularity, but not one to offer an apology. The combining of the sacred Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and the ever-evolving “jammy” flavors of the Central Coast produce a wine that sets its own standards and challenges even the most experienced wine drinker. With a nose full of black cherry and spice, this wine announces its characteristic Napa qualities without needing an introduction. Breathe deeper and inhale the aromas of sage and clove tinged with roasted cocao beans straight from Panama. Always full of blackberry and concentrated pomegranate this rebel finishes with a mischievous wink and a smoldering glance backwards…no apologies. Enjoy this wine with your most Iconoclastic friend
today and see where it takes you... $60.00 per bottle ($48 for Iconoclast members)
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2005
Iconoclast ~ 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, 33% Syrah, Santa
Ynez Valley