クエストはますます評価されているパソロブレスの将来性と意気込みを表現することを目標とした新しいワインです。オークが点在する山地で、海の影響を受けるこの地で造られたワインは甘美で柔らかく深みのある味わいです。降雨量が少なく岩の多い土壌のパソでカベルネは力強く育ち、アメリカンオークで熟成させることでこのワインならではの柔らかな味わいが引き立ちます。カベルネソーヴィニヨンとカベルネフランをブレンドして個性的なワインに仕上げています。爽やかなメントール、清涼感のある杉の香りにほのかなココナッツが香ります。この香りが口中にも広がり、、切れのあるウィンターグリーンミント、ダークチョコレート、豊かなバニラにスパイスのアクセントと変化していきます。味わいが変化するにつれて、ほのかな常緑樹を感じる後味を柔らかくしなやかなタンニンが豊かにまとめます。 参考2016vin→Wine Enthusiast 93点（2019.9月）
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Quest is a new wine that aims to express the increasingly recognized potential and excitement of Paso Robles. It is a Cabernet and Cabernet Franc blend that showcases the luscious softness and depth produced in our mountainous, oak-studded, maritime-influenced home. Cabernet thrives in Paso’s semi-arid, rocky soils, and this wine is fruit-forward, with a toasty vanilla finish and grippy tannins. Quest has been aged in American oak barrels, yet displays an inherent softness. It reflects the region’s richly diverse terrain, where hidden pockets of exceptional vineyards account for its unique character.
The most recent release of Quest is a 50/50 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc that displays a beautiful creamy vanilla nose with hints of sweet mint and coco. These aromas continue through the palette and evolve into rich flavors of black berry, dark chocolate, fresh tobacco and slight herbaceous accent. As the flavor evolves bright acidity coats the palette and soft supple tannins create rich integrated finish.
Vineyard Notes: The 2018 growing season gave us near-normal rainfall and mild conditions through spring with only a few weeks of exception. July brought a short period of very warm weather that slowed vine growth and berry sizing. Fortunately, moderate weather for the remainder of the growing season enabled vines to thrive. Leading up to harvest, the vines slow berry maturity was ideal for “hang time” resulting in predicted yields, high fruit quality with amazing color and structure.
Winemaker Notes: The Cabernet & Cabernet Franc are harvested and fermented individually by vineyard lots and then aged in American oak barrels. The lots were racked twice during barrel ageing, blended together and put into 65% New American oak barrels for an additional 3 months. Just prior to bottling the wine is filtered. The 2018 Quest Red Wine was aged for a total of 20 months in oak, blended in spring of 2020 and bottled in July of 2020.