Epoch Estate Wines, Paso Robles, Reserva, Tempranillo 2009 Sonoma we have added a bit

we have added a bit of grenache and/or mourvedre to add to the complexity of flavors and to make this wine a little less monolithic

Over time the wine evolves with consistently nice acidity and layers of cherry

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a touch of sandalwood along with fruit aromatics of red currant and cranberry dried strawberry and raspberry

Epoch Estate Wines, Paso Robles, Reserva, Tempranillo 2009 Sonoma we have added a bit95 CellarTracker We had this wine side by side with the 2009 Epoch Tempranillo (non reserva). It was very apparent with the longer barrel aging of the Reserva, the 2 are very different. The reserva had more notes of dark berries, vanilla, earthiness and "muscle" whereas the non reserva was more fruit forward on the nose. After about 2 hours of oxidation, the wine opened even more so revealing more earthiness and tobacco notes. This is a very powerful