Villa Creek Villa Creek High Road "James Berry Vineyard" 2013

Rhone Red Blends
  • 95 Robert
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Villa Creek Villa Creek High Road
Villa Creek Villa Creek High Road

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Producer

Vintage
2013

Size
750ML

ABV
15%

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Winemaker Notes

High Road loves to be co-fermented for a seamless marriage of the three grape varieties. A generous amount of whole clusters (75% if you must know) not only contributes texture but adds a lovely savory component. Aromas of boysenberry, kirsch soaked black cherries, tree bark and orange peel are just the beginning. With the first sip, black raspberries fill your entire mouth. The palate is framed by fine tannins and shows notes of Santa Rosa plum, cocoa, tobacco, spice, wet stones, and Good & Plenty’s. When you break this out at a party, best to stash it behind the toaster or you may not get a second glass! We will enjoy this with lamb shank stew braised for hours in the outdoor oven with tomatoes, orange rind and a hint of cumin, and of course crusty bread for sopping.Please bring something chocolate for dessert! Drink 2015 - 2025. Blend: 40% Mourvedre, 40% Syrah, 20% Grenache

Professional Ratings

  • 95
    The 2013 High Road James Berry Vineyard is a cofermented blend of 40% Mourvedre, 40% Syrah and 20% Grenache that was brought up in equal parts concrete and neutral oak. A tannic and structured effort, it has brilliant purity to go with juicy black raspberry, cassis, ground herbs, violets and creamy licorice aromas and flavors. Showing more minerality with air, give it 2-3 years and drink bottles through 2025. Barrel Sample: 93-95 Points.

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Villa Creek

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Villa Creek, California
Villa Creek Winery Video
Cris and JoAnn Cherry moved to Paso Robles in 1996 to open a restaurant, partake in the burgeoning wine scene and raise their children in the country. In 2001, they purchased their first grapes to make wine for their restaurant. And so began Villa Creek Cellars, their best expression of west Paso Robles' Rhone grape varieties.

Today, they farm their own certified biodynamic and certified organic vineyard, the MAHA Estate in the hills west of Paso Robles. They continue to purchase grapes from the region's most esteemed vineyards and strive to create exciting wines that reflect the land from which they originated.

The MAHA Estate is 8 miles west of Paso Robles. Extreme topography of south and west facing slopes that climb to 1800 feet continue to captivate Cris and JoAnn with the dynamic views of the coastal mountain range. The winery was erected in 2003 to house the production of roughly 3000 cases of wine each year. Monterey shale and siliceous shale provide an ideal foundation for the Rhone grape varieties planted in 2012 and 2013. Sustaining the vibrancy and the health of the land by farming the grapes under organic and biodynamic principles will, in turn, make vibrant wines. The soil is abundant in micro organisms and is the perfect host to the vines, the family and their flock of 30 Dorper sheep that graze the vineyard in the winter and spring. The energy of this site is palpable.

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