2018 TABLAS CREEK "ESPRIT ROUGE" PASO ROBLES RED RHONE BLEND

2018 TABLAS CREEK "ESPRIT ROUGE" PASO ROBLES RED RHONE BLEND, CALIFORNIA. 40% Mourvedre, 27% Syrah, 23% Grenache, 10% Counoise . (Certified Organic / Biodynamic)

96 points Vinous Media: "Deep, shimmering ruby. Intensely perfumed raspberry, boysenberry, baking spice and lavender scents show outstanding clarity and mineral lift. Stains the palate with lively red/blue fruit, spice-cake and floral pastille flavors that steadily deepen through the midpalate, with no loss of energy. Clings with noteworthy tenacity on an impressively long, energetic finish that features harmonious tannins and resonating floral and mineral notes."

93 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2018 Esprit De Tablas (40% Mourvèdre, 27% Syrah, 23% Grenache, and 10% Counoise) offers a pure, clean bouquet of red and black fruits, ground pepper, crushed flowers, and spice box. With medium to full body, building, fine tannins, beautiful balance, and a great finish, it should be approachable on release and age for 15+ years or more."

93 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "The 2018 Esprit de Tablas has a pale to medium ruby-purple color and a nose of stewed tea leaves, orange peel, boysenberries, fragrant forest floor and aniseed. It's medium-bodied, soft, silky and juicy with perfumed fruits and a long finish."

About: Tablas Creek is a pioneer of California’s Rhone movement. Founded in 1989, it is the culmination of a friendship between two of the international wine community’s leading families dating back to 1967: the Perrin family of Chateau de Beaucastel and the Haas family of Vineyard Brands. After a four-year search, the partners chose Paso Robles, California for its many similarities to the Southern Rhone and began the lengthy process of importing vine cuttings, building a grapevine nursery, and creating an estate vineyard from the ground up. Today, the vineyards at Tablas Creek are proudly Biodynamic® and organic certified by Demeter USA.