As you know well, the team here at ACME aims to bring a little magic into your everyday. There is nothing more enjoyable than recommending the very best wines our industry is currently offering, while also giving you direct access to wine projects before anyone else knows they exist, especially when the wine is coming from a celebrated winemaker and the elite winery in which they craft award-winning wines for!
In the past, ACME has been at the forefront when coveted wine brands such as Scarecrow, Dana Estates, Harlan and Dalla Valle released their second labels, M. Etain, Onda, Mascot and Collina respectively. We are always so grateful that our winery partners turn to us first when an exciting new project from a world-renowned winery has made something new, luxurious and undeniably delicious! These are the projects we wait for! Checkerboard has just released a new vintage of their estate Cabernet blend and you do not want to miss this train!
Get excited about this mesmerizing, Cabernet blend from Martha McClellan and Checkerboard Vineyards, the crown jewel of Diamond Mountain, called Impetuous at a price that is seriously too good to be true. Impetuous is handmade at Checkerboard Vineyards from the same wine lots Martha and her team work with when producing the acclaimed Checkerboard portfolio, King’s Row and Aurora Vineyard. This wine is inspired by the unique terroir found within their four pristine estate vineyards on Diamond Mountain, blended carefully to be enjoyed in its youth without a need to decant or age.
Spanning one entire, undivided mountainside property stretching across 300 acres, a mere 22 acres are planted to vine at Checkerboard Vineyards, and the wines they are making here are simply magical. Sustainably farmed by Jim Barbour in a way that intentionally nourishes the soils, maintaining water purity and preventing soil erosion, these four vineyards are planted amongst the trees and at varying elevations ranging from 400 - 2,000 feet. The result is a wine with beautiful aromatics and silky textures without missing out on the power and intensity we all love and expect from the Checkerboard portfolio. Upon release, the 2017 Impetuous is beyond friendly and generous. Martha blended 60% Cabernet Sauvignon with 30% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc, aged for an astounding 28 months in new French oak. 300 cases were produced.
“The 2017 Impetuous is spirited and spunky - it's a delicious blend of candied cherries, black currants, caramel, vanilla, spicy red & black pepper, and fresh savory herbs. The texture is silky and sublime with a full mid-palate and lengthy finish - all hallmarks of a classic Checkerboard Vineyards wine.”
