 Welcome back to Exotic Wine Travel. I am your host, Matthew Horky. Hi, I'm Suree and Time. Welcome back to the show. We have a special show today because in this mini series we're talking about American wines available in the EU. And at the time we're actually coming to you from Croatia. So this American wine kind of has a tie to Croatia. You want to talk about it? So today we'll be tasting a wine that is under the Game of Thrones label. Oh, it's the Game of Thrones Cabernet Seven Yon. Why does it have the Croatian connection? A lot of Game of Thrones was actually filmed in Dubrovnik in the South. I know nothing about Game of Thrones because I don't watch any TV. As a matter of fact, we're doing a, this is how much I don't know. We were doing a presentation in New York about Croatian wines and I said, yeah, we're King of Thrones was was filmed. I was like, Game of Thrones! Hi, Ro. So let's get, are you excited to try this one? Very much. I picked this wine because I thought, you know, there are a lot of dedicated Game of Thrones fan all around the world and we've heard and read a lot about this wine, you know, the fancy design and all that. But I think very few of us actually had a chance to taste it. So we're gonna taste it right? This is brought to you by 8wines.com. You can, if you're in the EU, you can get these wines in the EU where this video has not been paid for. But if you do choose to get these wines, there's a discount code at the end. We do get a small affiliate commission, so take that for what's worth. Ready? All right. So the Cabernet 70 on 2015, it's from Napa Valley. And you know what? The interesting thing about these wines is they're not so, they didn't set out to make some fluffy supermarket type wines. The Cabernet is expensive. I think in the EU, I think we're looking anywhere from 50 to 70 bucks, something like that. The fruit is sourced from Napa. Bob Cabral is the winemaker. He has crafted 100-point wines when he was working for Williams Seljem, making some fantastic wines, so serious juice. Yeah. So I read on the website that Bob was inspired by some of the more interesting rugged vineyards in Napa Valley because he reminded him of Westeros. So that's the setting of Game of Thrones in case you don't know. I have no idea what she's talking. Anyhow, in Napa Valley, there are 16 AVA. So every single AVA can deliver really different kinds of Cabernet Sauvignon. So with this, I'm very interested to see what kind of balance this wine can achieve. I'm also excited because we were in Napa Valley for Premier Napa Valley earlier in the year. We got to taste blind a lot of 13, 14, 15 Napa Cabernets. 13 was the most legendary vintage. 14, very good. 15 is on and off. And not as good as 13, 14. This is 15. This is 15. Let's give this a smell. I'm afraid of the tenants from the 15. Let's see. Very nap. More medium-bodied style Cab in terms of Napa. Very pretty nose. Yeah. Black cherry, violet. Yeah. Some capsicum. The wood, it's not too woody. The wood is definitely not coming through here, right? Oh, I can tell you liked it. Damn, this is good stuff. It's not heavy. It's not overripe, but fantastic intensity. Very rounded, very fine, very silky on the palate. Tannins are tugging. On the mitt palate. This is dry. The tannins come in. This is dry, but you feel the bright California fruit, right? Yeah. I wonder if it does any raw as in this. I come to make it smooth. To make it smooth. This is really good. This is more than, more than some of like kind of the basic Napa Cabernet bottlings, wouldn't you think? Absolutely. I mean, I'm willing to go maybe 4.3 out of 5 on this. Maybe 4.2-ish. 4.2 out of 5. I think it's definitely going to score 90 points to sort of blind and major type critics. It's not a fluke. This is serious wine. I was expecting this to be really, really like a gimmick, I guess. I think it's a really good wine, especially for 2015's. You feel the tannins heating on the mitt palate, but it's not as stringent. It's really supported by a lot of powerful fruit. There's a bit of heat on the finish. What's the alcohol level for this? 13.9. It's actually very nicely balanced. If you like an accessible 2015 Cabernet from Napa, this is a great choice. And I like the nose a lot. A lot of sweet tobacco too. I think, I know it's from a bunch of different aviaries. To me, it kind of has a little bit of a Oakville character to it. Really? Yeah. Anyways, I think that people, especially in Europe that want, you know, heard all about Napa want to try some Napa Cabernets. This isn't a bad option, wouldn't you say? I suspect this could be higher elevation than that. Because Bob says they're rugged, you know. So I think about Atlas Peak and yeah. Anything else you want to add on the wine or Game of Thrones in general? I do actually highly encourage people to try this wine. I think it's not, it's a good wine to bring for dinner, especially if your friends enjoy watching Game of Thrones. It's going to be like a talking point. And I guess there's another season. I know nothing about it. I just did some research, I guess Game of Thrones there is coming back for another season 2019. Like I said, I don't watch TV. So check this out. I'll put the discount code up on the screen or in the description box. Like I said, if you do want to buy these wines and the other wines from Eight Wines that can, we do get a small commission. So take it for what's worth. What would help us out? Anything else you want to add? I want to have this wine later. Okay. So guys, if you liked this video, please subscribe to our YouTube channel. It's out of quite a trouble. I will see you at the next episode.