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Agitator

Agitator
2019 Bourbon Barrel Aged Red Wine, California

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Pasta Pork

Category: Other US Red

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 15.9% RS: .3%
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$19.99

Agitator
2019 Bourbon Barrel Aged Red Wine, California

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Pasta Pork

Category: Other US Red

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 15.9% RS: .3%
Dark violet color. Aromas and flavors of baked soil, clove, allspice, leather, and blackberry with a round, bone-dry medium-to-full body and a peppery, fast finish with accents of black peppercorn, vanilla, toast, prune, baked black plum, roma tomatoes, dried cherries, and dried herbs with fine, drying, firm tannins and moderate oak flavor. Dark and rich; try this Red with roast beef.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Spicy & Complex & New World
Aroma Aroma: baked soil, clove, allspice, leather, and blackberry
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of black peppercorn, vanilla, toast, prune, baked black plum, roma tomatoes, dried cherries, and dried herbs
Sweetness Sweetness: Bone-Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: Now
Recipes Pairing: Baked Ham, Meat Loaf, Lasagna
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Dark and rich, try it with roast beef

The Producer

O'Neill Beverages Co., LLC (dba O'Neill Vintners & Distillers)

The Producer
8418 S Lac Jac Ave
Parlier, CA 93648
USA
1 559-638-3544

Their Portfolio

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87 Agitator 2019 Bourbon Barrel Aged Red Wine, California 15.9% (USA) $19.99.
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85 Buttercup 2018 Barrel Fermented, Chardonnay, California 14.5% (USA) $.00.
BR Curran Creek 2018 Pinot Grigio, California 12.5% (USA) $.00. - Bronze Medal
88 Geneseo 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles 13.5% (USA) $12.00.
92 Hall Ranch 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles 15% (USA) $20.00.
85 Hall Ranch 2019 Sauvignon Blanc, Paso Robles 13.5% (USA) $18.00.
90 Hall Ranch 2018 Estate, Zinfandel, Paso Robles 15.5% (USA) $20.00.
87 Hall Ranch 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles 14.5% (USA) $15.99.
86 Hall Ranch 2019 Zinfandel, Paso Robles 15.5% (USA) $15.99.
86 Hall Ranch 2020 Sauvignon Blanc, Paso Robles 13.5% (USA) $15.99.
88 Instigator 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, Lodi 14.5% (USA) $11.00.
85 Instigator 2018 Red Wine, Lodi 15% (USA) $11.00.
88 Instigator 2019 Chardonnay, Lodi 13.5% (USA) $12.99.
86 Instigator 2019 Red Blend, Lodi 14.5% (USA) $12.99.
87 Instigator 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, Lodi 13.5% (USA) $12.99.
86 Line 39 2018 Chardonnay, California 13.5% (USA) $.00.
BR Line 39 2018 Pinot Noir, California 14.5% (USA) $.00. - Bronze Medal
BR Line 39 2018 Pinot Grigio, California 13% (USA) $.00. - Bronze Medal
89 Spyglass 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles 13.5% (USA) $19.00.
87 Spyglass 2019 Pinot Noir, Monterey 14.5% (USA) $19.99.
BR Spyglass 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles 13.5% (USA) $19.99. - Bronze Medal

Other US Red

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Serve in a Zinfandel Wine Glass
'Other Red' is a catch-all category for both uncommon grape varietals and uncommon combinations of varietals. There are little pockets of other red varietals grown throughout the US. In California, Italian varietals such as Barbera, Gignolino, Primitivo, and Nebbiolo and esoteric Rhone varietals like Cinsault and Carignano can be found. Tempranillo, best known as the principal red variety of Spain’s Rioja, can also be found in small plantings in the Southwest where hot grown conditions favor the grape. Many producers throughout the US produce blends of Bordeaux with non-Bordeaux varietals such as Zinfandel, Petit Sirah, Syrah and even hybrids like Chambourcin that fall under our Other US Red category.