The Foreign Affair Winery Whisky Barreled Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Enjoy a complex medley of tastes as you explore the depths of this whisky barrel-aged beauty

Cabernet Sauvignon

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Red Fruit, Black Fruit, and Herbaceous, Toasted, Smokey, and Leather / Earthy

BODY: Full
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium
ALCOHOL (%): High (More than 14%)

Origin: Ontario, Canada

Grape Varietals:
Cabernet Sauvignon

Winemaking:
Conventional Winemaking
Passito Wines

Maturation: 13-18 Months Oak Barrels

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Pair with a ribeye steak & garlic mash, smoked brisket

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Mongolian hot pot, Beef Rendang, Mechado

Description

The Foreign Affair Winery Whisky Barreled Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

The Foreign Affair winemaker and Hiram Walker's Master Distiller had a friendly drink together. They swapped ideas for two incredible hand-crafted beverages, then swapped barrels.

Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Cabernet Franc from Niagara, Canada.

Taste Profile: On the nose, aromas of rich caramel and smoky oak support notes of ripe fruit such as cherry, blackberry and blackcurrant. The palate has bold but elegant flavours of ripe fruit to match the nose together with silky smooth tannins, balanced acidity and subtle oak and whisky notes all very integrated.

Winemaking Process: 25% Appassimento. This partial appassimento Cabernet Sauvignon to finish aging (after 12 months in French and American oak) for another 3 months in Pike Creek Whisky barrels. Adding a richness and complexity to this already bold wine.

Shouldered & Powerful Reds

Powerful modern reds with the ability to age. They tend to be very intense, with ripe fruit, firm tannins & drinkability either young or cellared.

They often have notes of forest floor, blackcurrant, mint & eucalyptus

Passito Wines

Passito wines is the use of dried grapes to make wines. The main difference from late harvest is that these wines are often picked when ripe & dried after picking, and can be dried to different levels of moisture. A practice made popular by Italy, it has been adopted in various other regions