2018 Red Blend

$35.00

Wildwood Oak Winery 2018 “Best of Abba” Red Blend

This is a full-bodied Grenache with a hint of an Old-World Charm made with California grapes. This complex wine boasts of red fruit such as red cherries and red plums. There is also toasty notes including toast, coffee, cigar and cocoa. There is a hint of sweet spice of cinnamon and cloves with a long creamy finish. 

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Description

The pairing: This wine could be paired duck like duck confit, lamb like a lamb stew, pork like BBQ pork loin or sausage pizza.

The nose: Red fruit like red cherry or red plum, toast, coffee, cigar, cocoa with a hint of sweet spice and vanilla. 

The palate: Red fruit like red cherries and black fruit like dried blackberries. Hints of baking spices like cinnamon and clove with toasty notes of cedar, vanilla, and cocoa. Long creamy finish with a lot of complexity. 

Tech Talk:

  • Appellation: Lodi, CA
  • Composition: 70% Grenache, 20% Cabernet, 10% Syrah
  • Sourcing: Abba Vineyard
  • Production: 35 cases
  • Aging: 21 months in medium toast French Oak (30% new)
  • Alcohol: 14.9%
  • TA: 0.547g/100ml
  • pH: 3.56
  • Residual Sugar: 0.38

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