Full Review

Made In America

Made In America
2019 Bourbon Barrel-Aged Red Blend, Livermore Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Pasta Pork

Category: Other US Red

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.2%
90 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$29

Made In America
2019 Bourbon Barrel-Aged Red Blend, Livermore Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Pasta Pork

Category: Other US Red

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.2%
Violet color. Jammy, inviting aromas and flavors of blackberry preserves, vanilla, blueberry kringle, and milk chocolate with a glycerous, lively, dryish medium-full body and a peppery, appealing, medium-long finish with touches of blueberry and blackberry pie filling, black cherry pie a la mode, baking spices, and milk chocolate with coating, grippy, chewy tannins and heavy oak flavor. A a bold and beautiful barrel forward red blend bursting with berries and vanilla creme on the nose and palate.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: blackberry preserves, vanilla, blueberry kringle, and milk chocolate
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with touches of blueberry and blackberry pie filling, black cherry pie a la mode, baking spices, and milk chocolate
Sweetness Sweetness: Dryish
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years Enjoy on its own
Recipes Pairing: Baked Ham, Meat Loaf, Lasagna
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A a bold and beautiful barrel forward red blend bursting with berries and vanilla creme on the nose and palate.

The Producer

Cal Wine Trading Co.

The Producer
505 San Marin Drive
A110
Novato, CA 94945
USA
1 415-475-7800

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.