Full Review

St Hilaire Cellars

St Hilaire Cellars
NV Premium Red Blend, Washington

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Pasta Pork

Category: Other US Red

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13% RS: .05%
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$9
Best Buy

St Hilaire Cellars
NV Premium Red Blend, Washington

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Pasta Pork

Category: Other US Red

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13% RS: .05%
Ruby garnet color. Aromas and flavors of tart red cherry, tomato leaf, all spice, and dried tobacco with a satiny, crisp, bone-dry medium body and a tingling, interesting, medium-length finish with accents of cherry, garden herbs, fennel seed, and carnations with coating, drying tannins and a suggestion of oak flavor. Tannins lead the way for this serious red wine; if you give it time to open up and pair it with something rich you will be rewarded.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: New World
Aroma Aroma: tart red cherry, tomato leaf, all spice, and dried tobacco
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of cherry, garden herbs, fennel seed, and carnations
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: Now with food
Recipes Pairing: Baked Ham, Meat Loaf, Lasagna
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Tannins lead the way for this serious red wine; if you give it time to open up and pair it with something rich you will be rewarded.

The Producer

St Hilaire Cellars

The Producer
1340 St Hilaire Rd
Yakima, WA 98901
USA
1 509-453-5987

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.