2021 Desperada ‘Sackcloth & Ashes’ Paso Robles Red Blend

WSI94 Powerful bouquet unleashed from onset. On the palate, dark brambly berries, sweet cherry and vanilla, leather and cacao – dense, velvety intoxicating mix – powerful 15.9% alc.
Estate Notes: Father Ed’s first communion, black charcoal white peppercorn, African violets, old fashioned soaked Luxardo. 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Petit Verdot, 19% Cabernet Franc, 15% Merlot. Fermented with native yeast and aged in 82% neutral and 18% new French oak for 18 months