The center is a very dark, high-density garnet while the edge is the characteristically bright fuchsia of Malbec. The nose is very fragrant with the hot Paso climate showing through, producing notes of molasses, potpourri, plum compote, bramble, and sandalwood. It’s extremely jammy on the palate with huge fruit notes blackberry and boysenberry. There are date and fig preserves as well with cherry fruit leather.
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, and Cabernet Franc. This wine is sweet and rich on the nose, with mixed berry compote of blueberry, blackberry, and mulberry, chocolate covered cherry, Santa Rosa plum, grilled mission fig, spice, black tea, cedar and toasty cedar. Juicy flavors explode onto the palate, with fruits in the lead. Alpine strawberry, plum, grilled fig, and subtle tobacco leaf.
Ripe Paso fruit jumps from the glass, with Bing cherry, young blackberry, black currant, raspberry, strawberry, exotic spice, cherry candy, hard leather, spice box and a hint of black pepper. Juicy and fresh on the palate, with flavors of Bing cherry juice, wild strawberry, spice box, raspberry, bramble, red currant, cranberry, leather, slate mineral and toasty oak.
This Merlot has a beautiful ruby coloring with excellent consistency and clarity throughout. The nose is huge and very varietally correct, with notes of strawberry, toffee, toasted nuts, sandalwood, and slate. The palate is full of wonderful fruit character with Pluot, bubblegum, Bing cherry, wild strawberry, and gooseberry. The bright fruit is driven by bright acidity, while lighter body in terms of mouthfeel, it makes up with huge fruit.
This wine has beautiful crimson color and even consistency from core to edge. Traditional aromas of blackberry, plum, maple, smoked bacon, tobacco leaves, and cedar. The flavor is replete with white pepper, black currant, cranberry, pomegranate and tart cherry. A medium-bodied Syrah slides straight down the center of the palate for an all-business wine-drinking experience.
Fresh-baked homemade gingerbread with molasses is right there up front, and ripe fruit, stewed strawberry, and cherry follow behind with vanilla notes to close it out. The palate has a nutty medley of walnut and pecan, and blackberry and strawberry. This wine has a nice medium body that fills the palate evenly without overpowering or being cloying.
Full of jammy fruit and spice on the nose, with spiced cherry, black cherry, kola nut, chocolate, bramble, dark mixed spice, toasty oak, volcanic soil and black pepper. Juicy and bursting with flavor, with raspberry jam, blackberry preserve, plum, fig, raisin, cedar, chocolate, Bing cherry, spice, earth and black pepper.
A blend of Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. Fresh blueberry, blackberry and raspberry lead the way. These are followed by jammy strawberry, sweet spice, red licorice and a hint of beautiful Indian incense. This wine hugs the sweet spot of sweet and tart, savory and juicy, with flavors of blackberry reduction, cherry bark, red licorice, and black pepper.
COMING SOON! Sunset Red VII is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Zinfandel, Merlot, and Barbera with various years of wine from our estate. Aromas of eucalyptus, leather with a hint of cherry, to the taste blackberry, licorice, and spice. Enjoy as your everyday drinking wine or it will age very nicely.
