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2014 Desparada Borderlands

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased direct from winery

Ends Sunday, 7pm Pacific

RATINGS

93Vinous / IWC

Heady, smoke- and spice-accented blackberry and cherry aromas, along with hints of cured tobacco and candied rose. Sappy, concentrated and focused on the palate, offering bitter cherry, dark berry and licorice flavors that become sweeter and more lively with air. Deftly combines richness and vivacity and finishes impressively long and spicy, delivering echoes of dark fruit character and smooth, even tannins that sneak in late.

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90The Wine Advocate

...terrific, fun wine that's loaded with notions of cassis, graphite, jammy blackberry and spice, this textured, medium to full-bodied red has outstanding balance, a great texture and shines for its sheer drinkability.

REGION

United States, California, Central Coast

Central Coast AVA is a huge wine producing area that extends from Santa Barbara County in the south to San Francisco in the north. With more than 100,000 vineyard acres, it includes parts of six counties near the Pacific Ocean. Nearly 20 smaller AVAs lie within the Central Coast AVA. Central Coast earned appellation status in 1985. Included in the appellation are parts of the counties of Contra Costa, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz. Nearly every grape varietal grown in California is grown somewhere in the Central Coast AVA, though Chardonnay accounts for nearly 50% of the entire wine grape crop.

VINTAGE

2014 Desparada Borderlands