This fresh, lively wine with raspberry fruit and some cinnamon and floral notes on the nose is a great wine for summer. It could take a little chill, and the actual alcohol level is just 13.1% (labeled 13.5). The fruit comes entirely from the 127-year-old Bechthold Vineyard in Lodi, and the wine comes with credentials, as Per Se and Momofuku restaurants in New York have poured it by the glass. Winemaker Tegan Passalacqua says it’s 100% whole cluster and all crushed by feet, the old-fashioned way. "The whole cluster adds an extra aromatic note," Passalacqua says.
Turley, Lodi (California) Cinsault 2010
By W. Blake Gray