You would be forgiven for thinking that I'm full of it for some of what I'm about to write in this review, because catch this... Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon... at just 12.9% alcohol, and with a really great and high-toned acidity but pretty and pure fruit on the front. Bonkers right? Well, here we are and it's just $20. This is an absolutely easy answer for a picnic bottle for the people who say they don't drink white wine. Sus. There's really pretty ripe fruit on the nose, but the acidity is a cleansing typhoon that pushes through the tannin and gives a super mouth-watering finish. This is a mystifying bottle of wine, but at this price it's worth checking out. I don't know if I've had a wine that made me think "Summer Cabernet Sauvignon" quite as hard as this.

Deep garnet color. Lush, illustrious nose of bramble, mountain forest (Jeffrey's butterscotch pine) and honey. The palate gives a luxurious, velvety mouthfeel of rich fruit and alpine herb with a slight note of sage. Fantastic!