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2016 Sanguis Bossman Red

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RATINGS

96Wine Enthusiast

The nose blends boysenberry, vanilla and baking spice, but it's the palate that's most compelling, presenting flavors of cocoa, black plum, elderberry and coffee dust, all delivered with creamy mouthfeel.

95Vinous / IWC

...dense, rich and explosive, in classic Sanguis style. Inky blue/purplish fruit, spice, licorice and menthol... Unapologetically opulent and flamboyant to the core...possesses off the charts unctuousness from start to finish. All the elements are impeccably balanced.

95Jeb Dunnuck

Spiced currants, blackberries, crushed violets, cured meats, and ground pepper aromas and flavors all emerge from this full-bodied effort, which is brilliantly textured, seamless, and polished, with nicely integrated acidity and tannins.

93+ The Wine Advocate

...baker's chocolate, lilac and garrigue, warm black and red cherries, graphite, blueberry pie, cinnamon and allspice. Full-bodied, big and rich in the mouth...offering firm but ripe tannins and good freshness to lift the long, chocolaty finish.

PRODUCER

Sanguis

Sanguis is an urban winery in Santa Barbara. It was founded by Matthias Pippig and his wife Jamie Kinser, and the couple source grapes from the Santa Rita Hills, Alisos Canyon and the hills east of Santa Maria. A native of Germany who is a food-industry marketing consultant when he’s not making wine, Pippig has been compared to his friend and one-time restaurant colleague Manfred Krankl, the dynamo behind Sine Qua Non. Like Krankl, Pippig creates blends with exuberant names and makes his own labels. He also decries the current “non-interventionist” trend in winemaking, having told more than one interviewer that the winemaker’s job is precisely about creating fine wines through closely monitored winemaking. Wine Advocate calls Sanguis wines “impeccably made…In addition, they also age gracefully. While the bulk of the lineup is red, don’t miss his whites! They’re rich and full-bodied, but unique, awesomely pure and focused.”

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

2016 Sanguis Bossman Red