{"product_id":"rivers-marie-panek-vineyard-cabernet-sauvignon-2021-1-5l","title":"Rivers-Marie - Panek Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (1.5L)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur first ten vintages at Panek we worked with the same five\u003cbr\u003e\nblocks, one acre parcels of clones 4, 6, 7, 169 and 337.  These five front blocks at Panek were all\u003cbr\u003e\nplanted in 2006 and have been cane pruned since their inception.  We always felt fortunate to have this much high-quality\u003cbr\u003e\nfruit to select from when finalizing the Panek blend every year.  In 2018, the Panek family offered us the\u003cbr\u003e\nwhole ranch, turning over the three older vine, cordon trained blocks in the\u003cbr\u003e\nback of the property.  Not knowing quite\u003cbr\u003e\nwhat to expect, we vinified and barreled these separately.  These naturally lower yielding parcels\u003cbr\u003e\nproduced wines of enormous concentration and color.  As we sat down to blend, we realized all of these\u003cbr\u003e\nwines were of single vineyard quality, some were even better than most of the\u003cbr\u003e\nblocks we had been working with the last ten years.  Eventually we singled out a small block of\u003cbr\u003e\nclone 191 as the most logical addition to the 2018 Panek blend.  This block added a tremendous amount of\u003cbr\u003e\nstructure to the wine, something that is occasionally lacking from this\u003cbr\u003e\nsite.  It also darkened the fruit profile\u003cbr\u003e\npushing the wine from a red\/black profile to the a more purple\/black\u003cbr\u003e\nexpression.  The vineyard signature is\u003cbr\u003e\nstill there of course but feels fuller and more impactful.  Purple flowers, graphite, cassis and smoke\u003cbr\u003e\njump out of the glass at first inspection. \u003cbr\u003e\nThe texture is more layered this year, due in part to both the vintage\u003cbr\u003e\nand the inclusion of a new block from the vineyard.  The palate turns very stony early and then\u003cbr\u003e\nveers to blueberries, dark chocolate and some meaty, iron notes as the finish\u003cbr\u003e\nkicks in.  I thought we had taken this\u003cbr\u003e\nabout as far as we could with the 2016 but the 2018 is at another level.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rivers-Marie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53048406507744,"sku":"131913","price":364.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/files\/rivers-marie-panek-vineyard-cabernet-sauvignon_1.jpg?v=1781209886","url":"https:\/\/yianniswinery.com\/products\/rivers-marie-panek-vineyard-cabernet-sauvignon-2021-1-5l","provider":"Yiannis Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}