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2017 Turtle Rock Claude's Cuvee

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April 14, 2024 - $61

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RATINGS

97Stephen Tanzer

...offers a more earthy, meaty bouquet of spiced black fruits, cedarwood, leafy herbs, and herbed meat. Beautifully textured and full-bodied, it offers ripe, polished tannins and a great, great finish.

95Vinous / IWC

High-pitched, spice-accented aromas of blackberry and cherry liqueur, potpourri and incense pick up a mineral quality with air. Seamless and expansive on the palate, offering concentrated red and blue fruit, licorice pastille and spicecake flavors that show sharp definition and back-end thrust, turning sweeter as the wine opens up. Finishes extremely long, with smoothly interwoven tannins and lingering spice and floral notes.

94+ The Wine Advocate

...perfume of white pepper, mint chocolate, blackcurrants, fresh violets and a core of blackberries and blueberries. The medium to full-bodied palate is elegant, super fresh and restrained, with a grainy frame and still tightly wound finish. This is lovely!

93Wine Spectator

Polished and multilayered, with compelling black raspberry, licorice and smoky pepper notes that take on richness toward refined tannins.

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.