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2017 L'Aventure Inspiracion

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March 31, 2024 - $56

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RATINGS

95Jeb Dunnuck

...pretty, elegant, medium to full-bodied style of the vintage as well as perfumed notes of blue fruits, cracked peppercorns, violets, and flowery incense. Medium to full-bodied, silky, and incredibly well-balanced...

94The Wine Advocate

...nose explodes with marionberry, boysenberry, blueberry, blackberry, violet, lilac, warm peaches and apricot with notes of underbrush and exotic spices. Medium to full-bodied, it's silky and packed to the gills with ripe, tricolored fruits, expertly framed and with juicy freshness lifting the long, floral finish.

94Vinous / IWC

Spice- and mineral-accented red and dark berries, pungent flowers and exotic spices on the highly perfumed nose. Juicy, sweet and energetic on the palate, offering concentrated black raspberry, bitter cherry, floral pastille and fruitcake flavors that pick up a spicy quality on the back half. The floral and mineral notes resonate on a strikingly long, sappy finish framed by deftly interwoven, slow-building tannins.

REGION

United States, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles, Paso Robles Willow Creek District

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.