Winemaker Notes
The 2018 Cline Ancient Vines Mourvèdre offers distinct chocolate characteristics, luscious deep plum, and concentrated cherry. This scrumptious and unusually delightful wine has a substantial mouth-feel followed by structured and balanced tannins.
Hints of Eucalyptus on the nose, distinct chocolate characteristics and a luscious deep plum flavor. This scrumptious and unusually delightful wine goes exceptionally well with grilled lamb, wild mushroom ragout and peppercorn crusted beef tenderloin.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2018 Cline Ancient Vines Mourvèdre is an excellent wine with a slightly rounded palate and plenty of fruit on the finish. TASTING NOTES: This wine shines on with appealing grapey, black fruit nuances in its aromas and flavors. Enjoy it with BBQ chicken wings. (Tasted: August 27, 2020, San Francisco, CA)
Full of ripe fruit, and robust, earthy goodness, Mourvèdre is actually of Spanish provenance, where it still goes by the name Monastrell or Mataro. It is better associated however, with the Red Blends of the Rhône, namely Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Mourvèdre shines on its own in Bandol and is popular both as a single varietal wine in blends in the New World regions of Australia, California and Washington. Somm Secret—While Mourvèdre has been in California for many years, it didn’t gain momentum until the 1980s when a group of California winemakers inspired by the wines of the Rhône Valley finally began to renew a focus on it.
A large Northern California appellation centered on the San Francisco Bay Area, the San Francisco Bay AVA falls within the larger Central Coast AVA. The smaller appellations of Livermore Valley, Pacheco Pass, San Ysidro District and Santa Clara Valley AVAs fall within the San Francisco Bay boundaries, and all produce high-quality Central Coast wines.