If you’re a wine fanatic and haven’t watched Cougartown, what are you waiting for?! I recently finished up a series rewatch and thought that this was the perfect time to start trying some of the wines featured on the show. I was (and AM still) a HUGE fan of this show. In Season 4, the characters were all sharing their meet cutes (the fun/romantic way they met for the first time). Layer Cake’s Cabernet Sauvignon was featured in both Jules and Ellie’s and Jules and Grayson’s meet cutes.

When Jules meets Ellie, she brings over a bottle of Layer Cake’s Cabernet Sauvignon and says that someone told her it was a great wine to make friends with. Then at the end of the episode we see her and Grayson bumping into each other and him giving her the bottle and telling her to keep it because it was a great wine to make friends with. So after my massive Cougartown binge, I figured it was high time to try this wine for myself.

Layer Cake’s goal for all of their wines is to make something that tastes like $50, but costs less than $20. I think they met their mark when they created the Cabernet. This is a blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Petite Sirah, 3% Petite Verdot, and 1% Syrah. This blend has a strong flavor of rich, ripe plums and a long coffee chocolate finish.

Not only can you have cake for dinner (without the guilt), but it IS an excellent wine to make friends with!

Have you tried Layer Cake’s Cabernet Sauvignon? I would love to hear what you think.

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