You can replace the dumbbells in your gym with two 750ml Clone 5s. The weight of the bottle itself is obnoxious. This red is a five clone blend of Cabernet and Merlot with 13.5% alcohol.

If you open up this wine and let it breathe for a few hours you will miss some of the excitement it has to offer. This is a wine that rewards you for tasting it early. I'm in love with the evolution of wine as soon as it opens up and the roller coaster ride it takes as it slowly develops in the glass and over the course of time. Why do I do this? Because I don't want to miss anything. I also try my best to taste most wines the next day to see how they hold up, improve or change. Readers of this blog know that I take great pride in the due diligence of tasting wines as soon as I pull the cork, as well as minutes and hours later. Gary did the blending and picking of the vineyards and tried to make a wine that captured the subtle nuances of Bordeaux while keeping the 'oak monster' in check. In case you've been trapped under a rock for the last year, Gary is the Director of Operations for Wine Library and the host of Wine Library TV, a phenomenal wine video blog.Ī mouthpiece for value, Gary's agenda was to make a wine that tastes like a $50 California Cab, but costs less than half the price. Secondly, it was made under the direction of wine rock star, Gary Vaynerchuk.

First off, it is a fairly inexpensive California Cabernet ($20) and that always intrigues me. For me there was a lot of excitement and anticipation with this wine.

Clone 5 cabernet 2014