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2017 Downstream Red Blend, 1.5ltr

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

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Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased at auction

Ends Sunday, 7pm Pacific

RATINGS

96Vinous / IWC

Highly perfumed, mineral-accented blackberry and cherry preserve aromas are complemented by incense, licorice and pungent floral notes. Supple, sweet and impressively concentrated, offering palate-staining black/blue fruit, spice-cake, cola and lavender pastille flavors that are braced by a spice of juicy acidity. Plush yet surprisingly lively for its heft, showing a suave floral note and superb clarity on the strikingly long, youthfully tannic finish.

95The Wine Advocate

...blood orange, warm yellow peaches, raspberry, pomegranate and cranberry preserves with accents of red cherry candy, powdered sugar, dusty earth, dried leaves and an amaro undercurrent...medium to full-bodied palate offers great layers and intensity with a grainy frame and fantastic freshness, finishing long with bombastic flavors.

95Jeb Dunnuck

...powerhouse bouquet of black fruits, smoke tobacco, ground pepper, and cigar wrapper...full-bodied and concentrated on the palate, with a mouth-filling, more structured, foursquare style...

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.

VINTAGE

2017 Downstream Red Blend