2025 Amevive Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Mira Laguna Vineyard, Los Olivos, USA

2025 Amevive Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Mira Laguna Vineyard, Los Olivos, USA

$43.00

Mira Laguna Vineyard has quickly become the heart of Amevive's farming project. Alice and Topher are fortunate to call this place home, walk the rows each day, and participate in the rhythms, challenges, and rewards of stewarding the land. The entire vineyard was converted to no-till around 2018, and since taking over the farming in mid-2024, they have begun integrating their animals, planting pollinator rows, and establishing native perennial hedgerows and wild bird boxes. The goal is always to reinvigorate the native ecology that once thrived before vineyard monoculture was introduced. They reject the idea that a vineyard should be farmed as a monoculture and instead aim to demonstrate that holistic farming can create a healthier ecosystem while reducing inputs and increasing both the energy of a place and the quality of the wine. Cabernet Sauvignon makes up a small portion of the planted acreage at Mira Laguna. The block sits at the bottom of the hill, where cooler air settles.
Viticulture
Certified organic grapes, farmed regeneratively and holistically.
Vinification
Alice and Topher harvested the Cabernet Sauvignon in two passes, September 23rd, 2025 and after a bit of a cool spell, the other part of the block on October 8, 2025. The wine was fermented in two different ways. The first pick was fermented 27% whole cluster with gentle extraction methods, and the second pick was destemmed and fermented whole berry under submerged cap. The wines were each pressed separately after 20ish days on skins, and then barreled down to a mixture of neutral oak and twice used barrels.
Aging
The wine spent 10 months in barrel and its last month in tank before being bottled unfined and unfiltered in August 2026.
Production
74 cases
Notes
Think old California cab with today’s sunshine. Dark blue fruit and enough herbal notes to give the wine a little energy. Open, joyous, and structured without being too voluptuous. She’s memorable in all of the best ways, like putting on a new pair of pumps for the first time.
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