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2016 Alban Vineyards Pandora

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January 7, 2024 - $170

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RATINGS

99Jeb Dunnuck

...gorgeous perfume of black raspberries, licorice, ground pepper, spring flowers, and smoked earth. Showing more spice with time in the glass, it delivers full-bodied richness and the magical sense of elegance paired with power that only Grenache can do.

96-97Vinous / IWC

Supple and seamless in texture, offering palate-staining black raspberry, cherry cola, spicecake and lavender pastille flavors that convey a suave marriage of depth and vivacity. Finishes sweet, gently tannic and extremely long, leaving behind lingering notes of red and blue fruit preserves, fine-spice powder and candied flowers.

95Wine Spectator

Like a two-stage rocket: this is rich and supple up front and then it layers in the mineral-tinged structure. Bold, this red offers expressive black raspberry, fresh violets and fruitcake spices that fan out toward medium-grained tannins. Grenache.

REGION

United States, California, Central Coast, Edna Valley

Edna Valley AVA is within San Luis Obispo County, and within the large Central Coast AVA. Edna Valley became an AVA in 1982 and it includes 22,400 acres of extremely fertile land blessed with a long growing season. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are the principal grapes, though Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Albarino, Grenache, Viognier, Merlot and Petite Sirah also are grown. Spanish missionaries were growing grape vines in the Edna Valley in the 18th century, but the valley’s modern wine industry took off in the 1970s. Today there are more than 50 Edna Valley wineries.