Blend: 58% Syrah, 19% Mourvèdre, 17% Grenache, 6% Tempranillo
Vintage production: 1,204 cases
2016 Epoch Estate, Estate Blend, Paso Robles 1x75cl
Red ⋅ Paso Robles ⋅ USA
£47 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £60.40 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
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Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
Vinous 96
Deep, glistening ruby. Hugely perfumed cherry, blackcurrant and vanilla scents show outstanding clarity and pick up smoky mineral and floral nuances and strong suggestion of baking spices with air. Juicy and seamless in texture, showing superb depth and intense black and blue fruit liqueur, spicecake and violet pastille flavors that become more animated on the back half. Shows solid finishing thrust, an echo of sweet dark berries and finishes with deftly knit tannins that add gentle grip. (36% new French oak)
Anticipated maturity: 2025-2035
Jeb Dunnuck 95
Coming from the Paderewski and Catapult vineyards on the western side of Paso Robles and a blend of 58% Syrah, 19% Mourvedre, 17% Grenache, and the rest Tempranillo, the 2016 Estate Blend offers a forest, fleshy, pure style that’s very much in the vintage. Darker fruits, ground pepper, violets, and meaty notes all dominate the nose, and it’s full-bodied, offers ripe, building tannins, and has no hard edges.
Anticipated maturity: 2020-2030
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Delivery & Storage
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