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2018 Benom HOC

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March 24, 2024 - $47

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RATINGS

96Jeb Dunnuck

...works beautifully, yielding impressive cassis and redcurrant fruits as well as complex tobacco, leafy herbs, peppery, and a kiss of iron/bloodiness that shows more on the palate. With medium to full-bodied richness, it has a stunning sense of elegance, incredibly polished tannins, and a great finish.

95The Wine Advocate

...explodes to cassis, blueberries, cracked peppercorn, violet, tar and touches of olive and charcuterie...palate is full-bodied and packed with nuanced fruits in a firm and incredibly fresh frame, and it finishes long and perfumed.

94Vinous / IWC

Potent aromas of ripe red and dark berries, exotic spices, violet and incense pick up a floral element as the wine opens up. Juicy and energetic in the mouth, offering vibrant black raspberry, cherry cola, allspice and floral pastille flavors that show fine definition and mineral lift. The floral and spice notes repeat emphatically on a very long, seamless finish shaped by slowly emerging 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.

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