Cabernet Sauvignon at Polynesian Girl Winery
Cabernet Sauvignon is the wine people expect from California. Our job isn't to reinvent it — it's to make a Cabernet that sits alongside a steak and earns its place at the table.
The Cabernet program is a partnership. We source the fruit from California growers whose sites and farming we trust, then every barrel from pick to bottle passes through Tatiana's hands in the Somerset cellar. Clean lots, varietal-specific yeast, temperature-controlled fermentation, and patience. The fruit comes in as somebody else's work. What we bottle is ours.
Our standard Cabernet Sauvignon is a classic California expression — ripe black fruit, soft tannin structure, oak that supports without dominating. It's built for a weeknight dinner table, not a vertical tasting.
The Cabernet Reserve is pulled from our best lots and aged longer. Deeper extraction, darker fruit, denser tannin — the bottle you open when the occasion warrants it.
Both are currently pouring at the tasting room and available at our main store.
Currently available
Classic California profile. Ripe black fruit, soft tannin, supportive oak.
Drinking well through 2029.
Buy or learn moreDarker fruit, deeper extraction, denser tannin. Longer barrel time.
Built to cellar 8–10 years.
Buy or learn moreWhat to pour it with
- Grilled ribeye or New York strip
- Braised short ribs
- Aged hard cheeses — aged Gouda, Manchego
- Lamb shank with red-wine reduction
- Dark chocolate over 70% cacao
Taste it at the tasting room
Polynesian Girl Winery, 6020 Grizzly Flat Rd, Somerset CA. Open Friday 1–5 PM, Saturday and Sunday 11–5 PM.
Plan your visitFrequently asked
- Is Polynesian Girl's Cabernet estate-grown?
- No. Our Cabernet Sauvignon is made from California fruit we source from trusted growers. All winemaking — barrel work, aging, bottling — happens in our Somerset cellar by our winemaker.
- What's the difference between the standard Cabernet and the Reserve?
- The Reserve is pulled from our best lots, aged longer in oak, and built for the cellar. The standard bottling is a more approachable, near-term drinker.
- Which vintages are currently available?
- The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon and the 2019 Cabernet Reserve. Both at the Somerset tasting room and at polynesiangirlwine.com.
- How do your Cabernets age?
- The standard Cabernet is drinking well now through 2029. The Reserve is structured for 8–10 years in a proper cellar.
- Where can I taste the Cabernet?
- At the Polynesian Girl Tasting Room: 6020 Grizzly Flat Rd, Somerset CA. Open Friday 1–5 PM, Saturday and Sunday 11–5 PM.
- Who makes the Cabernet?
- Tatiana Vander Velde, our winemaker. Women winemakers remain rare in California; her palate shapes the house style across both our estate and our sourced bottlings.