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2019 Nicora Buxom

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased at retail

Ends Sunday, 7pm Pacific

RATINGS

94The Wine Advocate

...features cassis and blueberry aromas with accents of licorice, pipe tobacco, lavender and Angostura bitters...full-bodied palate is rounded, supple and seamless, its generous fruit framed by graphite notes, and it finishes with youthfully gregarious sweet spice.

93Wine Spectator

A wine with persistence and presence, this layers in deep blackberry, bittersweet chocolate and smoked pepper flavors that build tension along the way to broad-shouldered tannins.

93Vinous / IWC

...has a full-bodied, rich, yet balanced style. Plenty of ground pepper, beef blood, iodine, and tapenade...

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.

VINTAGE

2019 Nicora Buxom