If You’re Into Scores, This Is the Tasting Menu For You
Check out this week’s big winners!
Complimentary Tasting
White
2006 Côte du Bone Blanc, Château la Paws $14
Like a dog of mixed breeds, this blend of five grapes will beguile
you with her peaches n cream complexion and vanilla-coated apricots
Reds
2005 Côte du Bone Roan, Château la Paws $14
Another mutt who begs you to take him home
to treasure the vanilla, cinnamon, and cherry jolly rancher finish
2005 Zinfandel, Snows Lake Vineyard, Lake County $35
It might not be snowing here, but you can still partake in
the delightfully rich fig, plum, cocoa, and nutmeg
2005 Syrah, Atoosa Vineyard, Sonoma County $35 91 points WS
Pull on that leather jacket and fire up the smoker on the deck,
while everyone snacks on figs and huckleberries
2005 Petite Sirah, Kick Ranch Vineyard, Sonoma $35 91 points WS
You’ll be climbing over rocks and hills to get to the lovely blueberries and
currants that grapple with black pepper
*Reserve Flight - $5.00 *
2005 Zinfandel, Hendry Reserve, Napa Valley $45
The candy store incarnated in your glass, as chocolate, toffee, and caramel collide with the blackberries and boysenberries
2005 Zinfandel, St. Peter’s Church Reserve, Sonoma County $55
Say a prayer that you can lay this one down for a few years,
so that the cocoa can turn into rich fudge and the cherries into raisins
2005 Syrah, Kick Ranch Reserve, Sonoma County $45 94 points WS
For the sportsman that hides in you, attempt to tame this ‘beast’ of a wine, with its smoked game, black pepper, and wild berries…before it slips away
Syrah, Atoosa Vineyard, Petite Sirah, Kick Ranch Vineyard, Kick Ranch Reserve
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