2007 Rhone de Robles (Central Coast)

Award-winning red-Rhone blend. Perfect food wine with cherry and cranberry fruit flavor delicately balanced by rich, silky tannins. Aromas of blueberry with a hint of black pepper and spice.

Wine Profile

Tasting Notes
"Ripe black raspberry and spice flavors, lively acidity and firm tannins..." Laurie Daniel, May 23, 2010 "Excellent, full-bodied, fleshy in texture and ripely flavored (blackberry, boysenberry) with light oakiness and excellent balance and length." Ronn Wiegand "Accessible fruit flavors of cherries and raspberries along with spicy, leathery notes...clean, dry and balanced." Steve Heimoff

Ratings
FOUR STARS - Restaurant Wine, Issue #133/134 94 SCORE - California State Fair Wine Competition 2010 88 SCORE - Beverage Testing Institute, June 2010 86 SCORE - Wine Enthusiast, June 2010

Awards
BEST OF CLASS SOUTH CENTRAL COAST APPELLATION - California State Fair Wine Competition 2010 Gold Medal - California State Fair Wine Competition 2010 Gold Medal - San Diego International Wine Competition 2010 Gold Medal - Los Angeles International Wine Competition 2010 Gold Medal - Lone Star International Wine Competition 2010 Critics Gold - Critics Challenge International Wine Competition 2010 Silver Medal - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition 2010 Silver Medal - Orange County Fair Wine Competition 2010 "Pick of the Week" - Laurie Daniel's syndicated wine column, May 23, 2010

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