Villa Creek Cherry House Red Blend 2020

A Rhone style blend for Paso Robles. The cherry you need for your cake!

Carignan (Carinena, Mazuelo) and Mourvèdre (Monastrell, Mataro)

$68.00

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Black Fruit, Preserved Fruit, Floral, and Pepper / Spice, Smokey and Sweet Spice

BODY: Medium +
DRYNESS: Very Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium
ALCOHOL (%): Pronounced (12-14%)

Origin: California (Napa, Sonoma, Russian River Valley & More), United States of America

Grape Varietals:
Carignan (Carinena, Mazuelo) and Mourvèdre (Monastrell, Mataro)

Winemaking:
Biodynamic Winemaking
Spontaneous Fermentation

Maturation: 7-12 Months Oak Barrels

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Beef brasato, quail eggs with winter vegetables, hare in pepper sauce

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Soy marinated quail eggs, Lor Ark, Chinese braised beef

Villa Creek Cellars

A move to raise their children in the country in 1996 led to Cris & JoAnn Cherry beginning Villa Creek Cellars in 2001 to make wine for their restaurant. They aim to produce the best expression of west Paso Robles' Rhone grape varietals.

Description

Villa Creek Cherry House Red Blend 2020

Grape Varietals & Region: A blend of Carignan and Mourvedre from their MAHA estate in Paso Robles, California, and surrounding vineyards, all farmed naturally using organic principles

Taste Profile: Aromatics include black cherry, plum, tar, strawberry jam, saffron, cherry blossom, and cardamom. The palate is supple, with notes of blueberries, black cherry, anise, smoke and Chinese five spice. Tannins are fine grained.

Winemaking Process: The grapes were 100% destemmed and fermented with native yeast in concrete for two weeks prior to gentle pressing into neutral 500-liter puncheons for aging.

Elegant & Structured Reds

From Barolo to Bordeaux, these wines are steeped in tradition. The style covers a broad spectrum of flavor profiles, but tend to be elegant and structured and can be cellared for a long time.

These wines often have savoury tones of earth, bell pepper, tobacco, cassis, and are often medium to full bodied, with long finish & structured palattes