Winemaker Notes
Light enough for cold meats or tartare, yet intense enough for smoky barbequed red meats.
Blend: 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Handy perfumed flowers, leaves and roasting herbs with mulberries and boysenberries. Some redcurrants, too. There’s good freshness here. The smooth tannins are nicely fitted in a medium-weight style.
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Wine Spectator
Smooth and polished tannins form the backdrop for plum and blackberry flavors, with a juicy thread, fresh, minty herbal notes and a whiff of white truffle. Harmonious on the long finish. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Drink now through 2034.
One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.
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