Red Blend
2021 Campo Casal Vegri - Valpolicella DOC Classico Superiore Ca La Bionda (750ml)
2022 Cantine Madaudo - Cerasuolo di Vittoria Barone Bernaj (750ml)
2021 Carol Shelton - Rhone Blend Mendocino County Coquille Rouge
The red wines of the Rhône Valley were the inspiration for this blend, in which Carignane and Grenache Noir
bring tangy red fruit, Mourvèdre fills in with savory gaminess, Alicante Bouschet adds spicy blueberry fruit (and
color!), and Petite Sirah gives peppery backbone. These century vines in Oakley in the sands on the San Joaquin
delta demonstrate the true meaning of teamwork, producing a rich and spicy mouthful of deliciousness.
*Coquille is pronounced “ko-keel” and it is French for shellfish or scallop, like the scallop shells on the Shelton
family coat of arms.
-Winery notes
2019 Castellani- Ripasso della Valpolicella San Michele (750ml)
The 2019 Valpolicella Ripasso San Michele lifts from the glass with an alluring bouquet of sweet roses and bright cherries complemented by a hint of candied orange. It’s round and supple yet energetic, with ripe red fruits nicely balanced by a core of ...
2019 Cervantes - Red Blend Napa Blacktail
"We don't have anything in mind about what the final blend will be each year," winemaker Andy Erickson said about this Blacktail blend. "We want to create something that is unique to the place this year." The 2019 Blacktail Proprietary Red Blend MMXIX is ...
2023 Chappellet Mountain Cuvee
The Wine
Blended from the traditional Bordeaux varietals, including our own coveted grapes,
the Chappellet Mountain Cuvée Proprietor’s Blend builds on our more than five
decades of experience crafting great mountain-grown wines. Each grape variety in
the cuvée contributes nuances that complement each other. The result is a complex
array of aromas and flavors that deliver pure pleasure in a glass. Made for more
near-term enjoyment, this is the wine to choose when you’re looking for vivid,
mouthfilling fruit flavors.
Growing Season & Harvest
With early season rains saturating soils and a cool spring and summer that ensured
generous hangtime, 2023 offered perfect weather that took the grapes to another
level. To provide airflow and light on the grapes during a cool vintage, we pruned
and leafed early and often. Though later than normal, both budbreak and bloom
were excellent with overall yields up slightly. The weather stayed cool into fall,
with only one September day above 90° F, before things warmed up in October,
providing a final push to ripeness. Though harvest was compact, we were able to
pick everything at the ideal moment, yielding impeccably balanced red wines with
concentrated color, seamless tannins and an abundance of fruit and spice.
Tasting Notes
This beautifully aromatic wine leaps from the glass with effusive aromas of
dark cherry, blackberry and plum, as well as French oak-inspired hints of clove,
cardamom and cedar and notions of black pepper and fresh herbs. On the
richly textured palate, lush ripe berry layers echo the aromas, with fine-grained
tannins framing the luxurious flavors as they glide to a lingering dark chocolate
and anise finish
-Winery notes
2021 Clos de los Siete - Malbec Blend Valle de Uco Clos de los Siete (750ml)
A fresh and linear red with blackberries, blackcurrants and dark chocolate. Medium-bodied, very polished and refined on the palate with a lively finish. Linear at the end. This has more cabernet franc than normal. Malbec, merlot, syrah, cabernet franc, pe...
2022 Clos Mogador -Priorat (750ml)
Their single-vineyard 2022 Clos Mogador, they flagship wine, was produced with a blend of grapes, mostly Garnacha and Cariñena but also some Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon (less and less, as they are regrafting most of them). It fermented with 40% full clus...
2021 COS - Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG Della Fontane (750ml)
2019 Cousino Macul Finis Terrae (750ml
The 2019 Finis Terrae, celebrating its 30th vintage with a new label, is composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot and 13% Syrah from Alto Maipo. This aged for 15 months in 75% new and 25% second-use French oak barrels. It is complex on the nose, ...