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Chalk Hill Estate Winery Estate Red 2016 – Head of the Pack of Red Blends

Chalk Hill Estate Winery, Estate Red 2016, Chalk Hill, Sonoma, California, Wine Casual

Chalk Hill Estate Winery, Estate Red 2016, Chalk Hill, Sonoma, California

Tasting Note: An estate red blend that hits your palate like a velvet glove.

Deep-intensity ruby in color, this wine has an aromatic, medium-plus-intensity nose of blackberry puree, black plum, raspberry, black currant, clove baking spice and violet blossom.

On the palate the dry, full-bodied red blend has medium-plus-intensity flavors suggested on the nose supported by medium acidity and ripe, well-integrated, medium-plus tannin.

Midpalate complexity abounds in the wine which has a plush, velvety texture and balance between the fruit and tannin structure.

The head of the pack of red blends from California.

Bottle Note: 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Malbec, 9% Petit Verdot, 7% Merlot. Over three decades of site-specific research has led to the creation of this single red wine that evokes the unique character of Chalk Hill Estate. Gently hand-crafted without fining or filtrations, this sustainably farmed estate wine is the true expression of the land on which it was grown. -William P. Foley II, Proprietor.

Rating: 94 points
Price: $42
Alcohol: 15.2%
Tasted: Home
Tasting Date: November 30, 2019

This wine was submitted for review.

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