A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, this wine features great extract, deep color and intense aromatics of dark berry fruit, cassis, peppery spice, cedar and smoke.  The seductive nose of this wine foreshadows magnificent texture and flavor, including dark berries, licorice, vanilla and warm brown spices that glide across the palate.  The texture and mouthfeel of the wine offer up silky tannins and a velvety smooth structure. 

Sweetness Code:  0 (dry)

Sauvignon Blanc has wild, herbaceous flavors and tart, grapefruit-like character, which show strongly in the young wine, while Semillon has flavors of honeydew melon and sweet honey that take a bit longer to come out.  Together the two grapes make a lush, balanced wine with great up-front fruit and a satisfying, rich finish. 

Sweetness Code:  0 (dry)

Grippingly tannic, bold and deeply colored Petite Sirah complements the jamminess of Zinfandel, taming the abundant blueberries and blackberries with a hint of dark cherry and vanilla.  Full-bodied with a lingering palate and peppery spice, this is a wine of unprecedented power and length.

Sweetness Code:  0 (dry)

Traminer is the parent of the more familiar Gewurztraminer and Spatlese is a German wine term meaning “late harvest,” indicating a wine made from fully mature grapes that are picked at least seven days after normal harvest, so they are riper and hae higher sugar levels.  This is a gently golden-colored wine, unmistakable in its heady, aromatic intensity, with a pungent fragrance of lychee, tropical fruit and rose petals.  Its flavors are ample, lusciously fruity and spicy. 

Sweetness code:  1 (off-dry)

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Tempranillo are deep blue-black berries, high in color and extract, with delicate aromas.  Cabernet Sauvignon’s small berries yield high tannins and intense structure, while Monastrell adds grip, earthiness and ripe red fruit.  Lush, tannic and complex, with intense black fruit flavors of black cherry, raspberry, black currant and notes of plums and tobacco, the wine takes gracefully to oak, adding layers of vanilla, cedar and rich coffee nuances. 

Sweetness Code:  0 (dry) 

$ 139.00