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Get $400 of wine for $100, shipped straight to your door.
This is one of the region’s best cabs, available from the vintner for $80 per bottle and worth every penny. Five bottles typically cost $400, but there is a second source priced at 63% off for $30 per bottle / $150 for five. If it is your first order with them, you get another $50 off for a total of $100. They are shipped free to your door. Click here to get the sign up bonus then go here for the wine. Oh and hurry — there were more but as I write this I see that there’s only 15 bottles left. According to the retailer,
Only Made in Paso Robles’ Best Vintages
Half a century ago, a drive down Spring Street in Paso Robles wouldn’t have clued you in to the seismic shift happening outside town.
There were barely 7,000 people living in the sleepy agricultural hamlet, but Herman Schwartz had grand visions: He planted some of the earliest Cabernet vines in the area and later helped lobby for the creation of the Paso Robles AVA.
Today, those vines are gloriously mature — some of the oldest in all of Paso — and in truly exceptional vintages, Broken Earth bottles tiny-berried Cabernet from those original plantings as their CV. It’s spectacular: boldly dark-fruited, full of power, and gilded with a hint of dusty herbs.
Broken Earth farms over 700 acres on the east side of Paso Robles, all carefully acquired since the first vines went into the ground in 1973. Those original vines form the heart of this blend, with the small berries and their thick skins providing an intense spine that drives the wine forward on the palate. A few other choice blocks are included as well: This is the winery’s top bottling, and they skim the cream off the top for it. Given a no-expenses-spared treatment in the cellar, it ages in 100% new oak barrels for nearly two years.
2018 was one of the region’s greatest ever vintages: It was “a flawless growing season” according to Vinous, who gave the year 95 points — the second-highest score in their history for Paso. The decision to create a CV bottling was obvious from the moment the grapes came in, and the result was one of the best wines ever produced by this pioneering Paso Robles estate.
Tasting Note
Dark ruby center with crimson overtones towards the rim. The nose offers blackcurrant, baked plum, dark cherry, and raw chocolate. The periphery has dusty rocks, resinous herbs (like rosemary), and a kiss of pine sap. Spent tobacco plays a role too, along with worn leather and turned potting soil. Rich and supple on the palate, it has a soft, warm edge with plenty of body on the finish. Drink now–2030.
