People who consistently drink California Cabernets are usually thrown off by my wine. They aren't wrong because Taste Preference is Personal

But if you specifically drink California Cabernet Sauvs you are drinking one of the most commoditized products in the wine world.

High end California Cabernet can be World Class. It can be amazing wine.

The problem is that most California Cabernet is not World Class. It is styled and manipulated to fit a very specific flavor profile.

Deviate from that and it's suddenly "not what a Cab should taste like."

That single phrase tells you everything about how narrow the template has become.

Peony Lane is different and that's the point. I do not make California wine in the mountains of Colorado.

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Absolutely! I’m a noob and was totally thrown when I had your cab!

Like I said, “subtle and nuanced” and not at all heavy and boozy like so many cabs I’ve had can be.

Well said. Cabernet Sauvignon in the US. Just tends to be the variety with the least variation in my experience, but then again there's a million different wines

Around here we call the wine "dry" or "sweet" everything else is just marketing

That's very honorable of you to not see color

It’s all about the Terroir !

And not blocking its expression

Not about the ingredients, but the integrity and vintner.

One leads to the other