A surprise from Southern Oregon, where there are more and more exciting wines being produced. This Bordeaux-inspired blend delivers the goods, and you’ll be hard pressed to identify it as a domestic wine in a blind tasting against fine French examples. Blackberry, dusty earth, saddle cassis and spice aromas and flavors are deeply integrated in this lovely bottle. Sounds like road-trip time. A Double Gold Award winner at the 2016 Toast of the Coast Wine Competition.
Spangler Vineyard, Southern Oregon (United States) 2013
By Rich Cook