Kinsman Eades Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Kaanos 2021 CM10 low-alcohol sweet red that smells

low-alcohol sweet red that smells like a rose garden and drinks like pure joy

fermented with wild yeasts in chestnut botti and concrete

and plenty of it flat and forgettable

and Cinsault

generation after nineteenth generation

Kinsman Eades Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Kaanos 2021 CM10 low-alcohol sweet red that smellsKinsman Eades is the project of Nigel and Shae Kinsman, and Nigel's resume is the headline here: he made wine at Napa's revered Araujo Estate before launching this label, chasing a more elegant, site driven style of Cabernet. Kaanos (Kaannos) comes from a parcel on Oakville's prized western benchland, at the toes of the Mayacamas, all 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. It's raised in French oak but built for balance rather than brute power, the kind of Napa Cab