Paysan San Benito County Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 ReasonableCellar2025 well below the industry norm

well below the industry norm

Long and dry with a lovely balance

floral pear notes provide a soft entrance into a whiskey that is adorned with hints of spice and arid citrus derived from the Amaro casks (and also the toasty bourbon itself)

Full of rye spice

the diner is an institution

Paysan San Benito County Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 ReasonableCellar2025 well below the industry normOld vine Cabernet from San Benito County not a sentence you read often, and that's exactly the point of Paysan. Ian Brand is one of the Central Coast's most curious winemakers, and this bottling pulls fruit from older Cabernet plantings in a region better known for everyday wine than serious red. In his hands, it becomes something else: medium bodied, savory, herbal edged, with cassis and dried sage and a real sense of place. The opposite of glossy