2024 Kumusha Cabernet Sauvignon

2024 Kumusha Cabernet SauvignonKumusha meaning "your home" or "your roots," in the Zimbabwean Shona language Tinashe's new lineup is aimed to be both delicious *and* priced for everyday drinkers. Minimal intervention winemaking & natural fermentation ensure that nothing gets in the way of this honest, fruit driven Cab. Filled with notes of the Zimbabwean fruit Tsubvu (similar to black currents) & herb laced red cherries, this is both ripe and restrained. Think New World tinged

On the palate is equally fruit and mineral driven

Think raspberry and peppered pomegranate thoughts

and a deep mineral core carried by fine tannins

The acidity's mouthwatering

(Is that you

(Think: creamy strawberries

and gently chewy tannins that refresh the palate

Jean-Marc tames the sometimes overpowering characteristics of the dominant Grenache grape and elevates the Mourvedre and Syrah in the blend

farming biodynamically and refusing to muck around with her juice in the winery

it's as life-affirming and winter-weather-warding a wine as we know

(There's a reason this has been Chez Panisse's house wine since inception

Blind tasting tonight