Renwood The Cleaver Red Blend 2013
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Wilfred
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Blend: 70% Zinfandel, 20% Syrah & 10% Petite Sirah
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
Over the last decade, the industry has seen an uptick in consumer interest for sweeter red wines—not sweet, as in dessert—but wines, that are unlike traditional dry reds, with an acidic or tannic edge. The 2013 Renwood The Cleaver offers bold, ripe fruit flavors—bordering on jamminess—that makes it almost sweet. This is a very solid example of this now trendy genre. Pair this wine with hoisin flavored spare ribs. Drinks well now. (Tasted: April 28, 2016, San Francisco, CA)
Surrounded by some of America's oldest Zinfandel vineyards, Renwood Winery is located in the picturesque California foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Renwood produces world-class award-winning wines from Amador County. Founded in 1993, it reflects Amador County’s rich history of magnificent vineyards and winemaking. Owned by international vintner and entrepreneur, Alejandro Bulgheroni, the team undertook a thorough and painstaking replanting in 2014 to update each block of the Renwood Ranch vineyard for optimum health and efficiency.
Wine production has grown from 2,500 cases in 1993 to approximately 25,000 cases today, all from the Renwood Ranch Estate vineyard for the three wines they produce. Winemaker Joe Shebl has been at the property since 1999 and knows every square inch of the vineyard like a second home.
The Grandpere Zinfandel, which comes from its namesake block of the Estate vineyard is made from the oldest known clone of Zinfandel in America. All grapes are handpicked and fermented in small lots, then aged in French-only oak barrels to preserve the unique character of each parcel which strives to impart the texture, freshness, and finesse of which great Zinfandel is capable.