Taste: Dark, red color. Reveals aromas of crushed raspberries, plums, cranberries, and hints of black pepper and vanilla spice. The wine is well balanced with a nice woolly tannin structure and good overall composition. Jammy and dense on the palate with plenty of raspberry fruit, deep plum notes, and hints of dark chocolate as the wine opens up. Not a bad call to decant this wine for half to a full hour at this young stage in its life.
Cameron Confidential: This wine consists of two lots from a producer known for some of the oldest vines in Alexander Valley and sourced from its $25 – $40 bottle programs. This wine is sourced from 50- to 90-year-old vines and aged in French oak for 12 months. Like a lot of folks, this winery has assessed its coming needs and decided to cut back on bottled inventories.
The winery—along with the family that runs it, who arrived in Alexander Valley pre-1900—is one of the oldest in Sonoma County. The great-grandfather of the winemaker planted much of the vineyards where these wines are sourced from. All estate fruit!
Staff Picks
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Ken
Dense, jammy fruit with great structure. Bouquet similar to Lots 88 and 43.
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