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Sixteen Appellations

Sixteen Appellations
2016 Red Blend, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Bordeaux Varietal Red

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.6%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$75

Sixteen Appellations
2016 Red Blend, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Bordeaux Varietal Red

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.6%
Black garnet color. Aromas and flavors of dried figs and dates, cinnamon, spring blossoms, cocoa powder, leather, and sun dried tomato with a satiny, vibrant, petillant, dryish medium-to-full body and a warming, intriguing, medium-length finish manifesting notes of peppered nuts with moderate oak flavor. An Old World-styled Bordeaux Varietal blend from Napa that will be a charmer at the table.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Fruity, Juicy & Smooth, Oaky, Old World, Rich & Full & Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: dried figs and dates, cinnamon, spring blossoms, cocoa powder, leather, and sun dried tomato
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of peppered nuts
Sweetness Sweetness: Dryish
Enjoy Enjoy: Now on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Pot Roast, Steak & Potatoes, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: An old world-styled Bordeaux varietal blend from Napa that will be a charmer at the table.

The Producer

Italics Winegrowers

The Producer
70 Rapp Lane
Napa, CA 94558
USA
1 707-258-0106

Bordeaux Varietal Red

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Serve in a Cabernet Wine Glass
A Bordeaux varietal red is made from as many as five approved grapes in the region: primarily Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc with lesser amounts of Petit Verdot and Malbec. These wines can have one, two or even all five in the blend; this assembly of varietal produced wines of greater complexity with various fruit flavors, tannin levels, color and spice.

These Bordeaux varietal reds range from lighter-bodied examples simply designated as Bordeaux or Bordeaux Superieur, which are meant for consumption within their first three to five years to the classified growths, owned by wealthy Bordelaise, who craft very expensive wines that can age for several decades.