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2017 Benom Les Deux Freres

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April 14, 2024 - $46

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RATINGS

94Jeb Dunnuck

...beautiful bouquet of ripe cherries, mulled strawberries, dried flowers, and spice all flow to a medium to full-bodied Grenache blend that has soft tannins, remarkable purity of fruit, no hard edges, and a great finish.

93The Wine Advocate

...scents of ruby red grapefruit and tangerine oil with crushed black cherries, strawberry and raspberry preserves, dried flowers, autumn leaves and an amaro streak plus pleasantly rustic notions of dried herbs in the background. Medium-bodied, it's very silky and explodes with earth and bitters-tinged fruits, finishing long and lifted.

93Vinous / IWC

Highly perfumed aromas of raspberry and cherry liqueur, baking spices and pungent flowers; a minerally note emerges as the wine opens up. Juicy, penetrating and alluringly sweet, offering juicy red fruit and floral pastille flavors and a spicy jolt of white pepper. Finishes on a gently tannic note, with strong, red-fruit-dominated persistence and repeating florality.

91Wine Enthusiast

...aromas of black raspberry and loamy earth. Dried herbs, baked soil and black-plum flavors show on the palate, where an expertly woven structure ensures a long life.

REGION

United States, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles

Paso Robles AVA is midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, and it is considered one of the West Coast’s most exciting winemaking regions. With its hot, sometimes searingly dry and sunny weather, it is especially good country for growing warm climate grapes such as Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre. Because many Paso Robles wineries have been successful with blending these grapes into Rhone Valley-style wines, it is known as the Rhone zone of California. The AVA was created in 1983 and there are 32,000 vineyard acres. In late 2014 the AVA was divided into 11 smaller sub-appellations, so starting with 2015 vintages labeling will become more specific on Paso Robles wines, which will now also list sub-appellations. Located in San Luis Obispo County, Paso Robles, the town and its surrounding area, was traditionally a farming and ranching region. But from a few dozen wineries in the early 1990s to more than 200 today, the area is quickly becoming known for wine and risk-taking winemakers.