The Federalist Ben Franklin Cabernet Sauvignon 2021-A Firecracker Of A 4th Of July Red

Speaker 1
0:06

Welcome

again

to

another

ChiefWineFightercom

podcast
.

This

is

Domain

Dave

from

ChiefWineFightercom
,

and

what

we

do

is

we

write

up

a

review

on

the

ChiefWineFightercom

website

and

then
,

when

we

put

that

down
,

we

plug

in

the

microphone

and

here

we

are
.

and

today
,

and

just

in

time

for

the

4th

of

July

and

this

is
,

i

think
,

the

30th

of

June

is

when

this

is

being

recorded

We

have

the

Federalist

Ben

Franklin

Lodi
,

cabernet

Sauvignon

2021
.

It's

a

special

edition

and

good

thinking
,

because

it's

there

for

the

summer

and

it's

got

a

American

flag

motif

with

a

picture

of

Ben

Franklin

on

the

label
,

looking

like

in

debonair
,

and

it's

Cabernet

Sauvignon

and

it's
.

You

know
,

actually

it

was

in

the

looker

store

and

there

wasn't

anything

holiday

oriented
.

There

used

to

be

people

used

to

like

do

wraps

on

bottles

and

stuff
,

but

everything's

been

boring

lately
.

And

now

here

we

got

the

Federalist
.

Speaker 1
1:15

Federalist

is

a

brand

from

Trilado

Wines
.

They've

been

around

a

while
.

They're

the

people

that

well
,

if

you

don't

know

who

they

are

and

you

like

Pinagrisio
,

you

should

thank

them
.

They

brought

in

Santa

Maria

to

Pinagrisio

when

nobody

drank

Pinagrisio
,

and

now

everybody

drinks

Pinagrisio

and

they're

the

people

that

broke

it

into

the

market
.

They're
,

you

know
,

that's
.

That's

something

to

say
.

Not

everybody

starts

a

trend

and

they

did
,

and

this

is

their

Federalist
,

is

their

USA

USA

wine
.

I

think

the

original

ones

used

to

be

from

Dry

Creek
,

if

I'm

not

mistaken
.

I

think

we've

done

a

couple

of

these

over

the

years

and

now

it's

from

Lodi
.

Speaker 1
1:56

And

if

you

ask

me

if

I'm

doing

a

value

price

wine
,

this

is

the

one

I

found

for

10.99

and

on

the

internet

it's

kind

of

weird

because

the

pricing

is

from

10

dollars

to

20

dollars
.

I

mean
,

that's

usually

you

don't

see

that
.

Usually

you

see

everything

bunched

within

a

dollar

or

two

because

you

know

you

don't

want

the

cheapest

guy

to

make

all

the

sales

and

everybody

else

doesn't

sell

anything
.

But

I'm

gonna

take

a

sip

here
.

So

this

is

a

wine

that

I'm

not

sure

I

think

I'd

list

for

like

20

dollars

on

their

website

and

it's

it's

been

16

months

in

oak

barrels
,

which

is

kind

of

interesting

because

value

price

cabinet

is

longer
.

It's

in

the
.

It

was

on

skins
.

I'm

going

a

little

ahead

of

myself

was

on

skins

for

14

full

days
,

which

which

going

to

get

all

the
,

the

skin

in

the

and

the

juices

all

together

and

all

the

goodness

that's

in

those

skins
.

All

the

tans
,

all

the

chemicals

are

going

into

the

wine
,

like

a
,

a

rosé

wine
,

is

on

skins

for

three

hours
,

two

hours
,

just

enough
.

Pink

spool

them
.

But

the

longer

things

are

on

skin
,

longer

things

are

extracted
,

the

longer

it

takes

for

the

wine

to

be

ready

to

sell
.

So

you

don't

see

a

lot

of

that

happening

in

value

price

wines
.

And

here

this

wine

was

an

oak

barrel

for

15

months

and

35

percent

of

the

barrels

were

brand

new
.

The

rest

were
,

you

know
,

various

used

barrels
,

and

that

too

was

kind

of

a

high

percentage
,

because

you

don't

want

these

are

drinking

now

wines
.

When

you

get

it

you

want

it

to

be

ready

to

go

and

you

don't

want

the

oak

to

be

too

much
,

too

little
,

you

want

it

to

be

just

right
.

So

they

went

out

of

their

way

to

kind

of

make

this

cabinet

the

way

you're

supposed

to

make

cabinet

in

california
,

but

and

not

charge

the

regular

price

for

I

don't

think
.

Speaker 1
3:55

No

sip
,

this

is

a

juicy

barbeque
,

something

about

a

fire

pit

wine
.

You

know

it's

uh
,

you

know

there's

some

cabinet
,

some

neons

it's

like
,

you

know
,

sitting

in

a

leather

chair

smoking

a

Cuban

cigar
.

Now

this

is

having

some

fun
.

Outside

wine
.

It's

got

ripe
,

juicy

flavors
,

it's

got

some

spice
,

it's

got

some

of

that

extracted

dark

chocolate
.

You

know

that

78%

cocoa
.

You

know

expensive

ones
.

It's

got

toasty

vanilla
.

It's

got

some
,

uh
,

black

licorice
.

Then

it's

got

some

more
,

maybe

red

grapes
.

It's

got

some

black

cherry

and

some

jammy

raspberry

not

sweet

but

jammy
.

Tannins

are

kind

of

dusty

and

they're

there
,

but

they

kind

of

add

some

structure

and

some

interest
.

This

is

a

pretty

good

cabinet
.

So

you

know
,

especially
,

you

know

if

you're

you're

you're

throwing

down

something

on

the

grill
,

it

doesn't

matter

what
,

um
,

maybe

not
.

Well
,

if

it's

spicy

enough
,

it

doesn't

really

matter
.

I

mean

you

can

do

like

shrimp

or

even

uh
,

salmon

or

something
,

and

uh
,

that

normally

would

ask

for

a

white

wine
.

But

if

you're

gonna

spice

it

up

a

little

bit
,

this

would

do

just

fine

because

it's

not

over
,

it's

not

over

the

top

or

anything
.

This

is

a

nicely

balanced

uh

savione
,

uh

cabinet
.

Speaker 1
5:21

Savione

and

Lodi

is

this

is

from

Lodi

and

that's

a

great

place

for

value-priced

wines
,

because

I

think

you

can

get

a

better

quality

grape

and

Lodi
.

Then

you

can
.

If

you

go

to

a

high

end

place

and

kind

of

get

one

that's
,

you

know
,

a

little

bit

less

uh

money
.

I

mean

I

think

you're

pulling

a

better
.

There's

some

good

grapes

in

Lodi
,

there's

some

good

winemakers

and

they

named

the

name

of

the

winery

that

made

the

wine

for

um
,

for

to

lotto
,

for

the

uh
,

the

federalist

wines
,

and

they

have

a

full

line
.

They

have

everything
,

even

barrel

aged

wines

or

whiskey

barrel

aged

wines
.

But

I

never

heard

of

the

and

I

couldn't

find

anything

about

that

winery
.

But

there's

some

winery

out

there

that

was

making

this

wine

for

them
,

or

at

least

a

section

of

unknown

winery
,

and

that's

really

good
.

Speaker 1
6:07

Lodi

has

been

in

my

mind

is

making

uh
,

some

good

Cabernets

for

like

the

last

five

years

where

I've

noticed

that

used

to

be

all

Zinfandel's

and

uh
,

actually
,

uh
,

federalist

has

a

Zinfandel

too
.

I

haven't

been

that

crazy

about

Zinfandel

lately

and

the

Cabernet's

kind

of

taking

its

place
,

especially

from

Lodi
.

Taking

another

step
,

it's

one

of

those

sipping

wines
.

Yeah
,

it's

nice
,

it's

it's

a

crowd

pleaser
.

It's

um
,

it'll

go

great

with

food
.

It

has

all

the

uh
,

all

of

the

uh
,

all

the

edge
,

all

the
,

all

the

things

you

need

for

it

to

pair

well
,

to

clean
,

funds

your

palate

and

then

take
,

get

you

ready

for

the

next

sip
.

So

the

three

cheers

for

the

red
,

white

and

blue
,

the

Federalist
,

ben

Franken
,

cabernet

Sauvignon

2021
.

That's

it

for

me
.

Domain

Dave
,

cheap

wine

finder
.

Uh
,

keep

it

cheap
.

Stay

safe
,

don't

blow

your

finger

off
.

You

shoot

your

eye

out

and

I'll

talk

to

you

after

the

fourth
.

Bye
.