Matthiasson Oak Knoll Cabernet Sauvignon Phoenix Vineyard 2022

Name: Matthiasson Oak Knoll Cabernet Sauvignon Phoenix Vineyard 2022
Brand: Revel Wines [REW]
SKU: SF-W-REW-`RIMH22CSPH12`-102826-4
Price: 146.99 USD
Availability: InStock

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The Matthiassons consider this their top wine, and it's a Napa Cabernet at 12.5% alcohol that they pitch, quite seriously, as a Cab for Burgundy lovers. It comes from the Phoenix Vineyard, a steep, east-facing hillside above the winery. The vines went in in 1982 as old heritage field selections of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot, and they grow on an undisturbed ridge of ancient marine shale. The slope is steep and the rows are narrow, so nearly everything is done by hand (even the compost goes out by shovel and wheelbarrow, a job that takes two weeks on its own). The fruit is picked vine by vine over several passes and fermented with native yeast. It's pressed at dryness to keep it fresh, then aged for 20 months, starting in about 20% new French oak before moving to large foudres. Only 444 cases were made. If you've written off Napa Cabernet as too heavy, this is the bottle to change your mind: it will reward long aging, but give it a decant and it's a terrific dinner wine now.

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Steve Matthiasson has been changing the landscape of California's wine industry for 25 years. A punk rock-gardener who settled in Napa Valley during the 90's "Bigger is Better" escapade, Steve looked around, shook his head, and began to make things better.

In the famous 1976 Judgement of Paris tasting, California wines beat France at its own game. But California viticulture had changed drastically in the years since, and the new farming had changed the wines. Extreme ripeness and high yields were the goals, instead of terroir and finesse--and all sorts of manipulations made it happen. Growers wasted California's precious water irrigating 100-year-old dry-farmed vineyards. Fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides carpet bombed anything that was left.

Something needed to be done. And Steve led the charge.

Dubbed California's Godfather of Sustainable Viticulture, after he wrote the literal manual in 1999, Steve moved into consulting. The needle--slowly--started moving back towards balance, both in the environment and the wines themselves. And Steve rose to the very top of his field, managing legendary estates like Araujo and Stag's Leap Vineyards.

But he and his wife, Jill, wanted to make their own wines. Control the process from the ground up. And they kicked it off in 2003.

The resulting wines are not only compelling, they're illuminating. Hundreds of little decisions in the vineyards, subtle tweaks on everything from cover crops to canopy management, result in fruit that expresses its site beautifully. He truly crafts his wines in the vineyard.

These are wines, like the classics of California's Golden Age, inspired by the great wines of Europe but not beholden to them. They are not replicas. Steve uses what's at hand--sunshine and wind, hot days and cold nights, pioneer knowledge that was lost, and newfound techniques--to make something new and timeless. Matthiasson wines posses the California Magic, a thing found nowhere but here.

Wine Details

Grape Variety

Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage

2022
Size

750ml
Farming Practice

Sustainable
Style

Rich
Sweetness

Dry
Body

Full Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Prime rib with creamed spinach; duck cassoulet; warm kale salad with cranberry beans and burst cherry tomatoes; herb-crusted rack of lamb.

Tasting Profile

Perfumed, high-toned red fruit with woodsy and herbal notes underneath, plus a sea-mineral, rocky core. Not a heavy wine: the mid-palate is light, and the finish is long, firm and structured.