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2014 Sanguis Verve

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October 10, 2021 - $37

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RATINGS

95Jeb Dunnuck

It offers a beautiful, layered, seductive style as well as note of red and blackcurrants, pepper, leafy herbs and tapenade. Seamless, beautifully balanced and elegant...

94Wine Enthusiast

...a unique, amazingly integrated aromatic profile, much like a cake made of roses, black plum, muddy clay and salumi. The loamy and rose-laced quality extends to the sip, where spice cake, game and hearty purple fruits make for a cohesive quaff.

93The Wine Advocate

...wonderfully expressive nose of woodsmoke, pipe tobacco, garrigue and green peppercorn with notions of desiccated lilac, baked red cherries, cranberries, salami, black cherries and dusty earth. Medium-bodied and silky in the mouth, it gives up oodles of juicy fruits with pleasantly grainy tannins and a long, savory, textured and layered finish. Yes!

91Vinous / IWC

REGION

United States, California, South Coast, Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara County is not an AVA, but a region just south of San Luis Obispo that includes the Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Maria Valley appellations. Wine has been produced in the area since the 18th century when Spanish missionaries planted vineyards. It wasn’t until the 1990s, however, that producers focused on growing premier grapes for fine wines. During the 1990s more than 10,000 acres of vineyards were planted, and today there are nearly 20,000 acres of vineyards. The region received a big bump in recognition and prestige when the popular film “Sideways” was shot there in 2004. Because the region is affected by maritime weather, it is relatively cool climate makes it ideal for Chardonnay. Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and an increasingly adventuresome number of varietals are also grown successfully in Santa Barbara County.