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2015 Denner The Dirt Worshipper

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Latest Sale Price

June 4, 2023 - $61

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RATINGS

96Wine Enthusiast

The nose combines black currant sauce, smoked pork, cracked black pepper, crushed purple flowers, wild thyme and caramel. The palate is coated in lavish, polished yet still firm tannins and a vibrant acidity that carries flavors of black-plum pudding and peppercorns.

95Wine Spectator

A bruiser, but with a sense of polish and focus. Blackberry, crushed rock and smoked meat aromas combine with deeply complex blueberry, licorice and pepper flavors that build toward big but ripe tannins.

94Vinous / IWC

A complex, highly perfumed bouquet displays ripe dark berry and cherry qualities... Smooth and broad on the palate, offering concentrated black raspberry, bitter cherry and floral pastille flavors... Brawny yet surprisingly lithe, closing with chewy tannins and outstanding, dark-berry-dominated persistence.

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.