Maison Noir Wines In Sheep's Clothing Cabernet Sauvignon

Profile & Story

Maison Noir Wines was founded in 2007 by Andre Hueston Mack, who trained his palate as a sommelier at The French Laundry and Per Se before becoming a winemaker; the wines began as 'garage wines' made for some of New York's best restaurants. The fruit for In Sheep's Clothing comes from the Columbia Valley — 60% from the Red Mountain AVA and 40% from the Wahluke Slope. The name is a hat tip to Alonzo Harris: "to protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf, and it takes a wolf to catch a wolf." After fermentation the wine spends 10 months aging in barrel, 25% of which is new French oak.