2013 Sans Liege The Transcendentalist, Central Coast, USA (750 mL) Anderson Valley 3% Cabernet Franc

3% Cabernet Franc

honeyed Bosc pear adds depth to the flavor profile

The vintage’s heat is reflected in an aromatic school of Red Swedish Fish with a splash of graphite minerality

Moderate alcohol

Fine-grained tannins wrap around a backbone of acidity that persists-with intriguing wet-slate minerality-endlessly on the finish

2013 Sans Liege The Transcendentalist, Central Coast, USA (750 mL) Anderson Valley 3% Cabernet FrancWINEMAKER'S NOTES: She smuggled the Djarums all the way here. What planet was this again? Is it even charted? and here we are smoking impossibly fresh Djarums and unpacking treasures from home: chocolate covered cherries, elderflower liqueur, black licorice, soft maple candies, a blood orange. The dual suns are setting, the night will be steep. We kindle a primitive fire from the sprigs and branches lying around. The scent is like an incense factory