This bold red begins heady, dark, opulent and vinuous from the start. The nose lifts with ripe plums, a touch of soy, salt shoreline and dried cloves. The feel of this brooding black mass of a wine hits your mouth like a mixing bowl full of chocolate dipped cherries with outside edges of caramels, toffees, and French Oak vanillin. The mouthfeel is large and slippery and while certainly drinking incredibly in the most youthful stage of its life, the sense the tannins will melt and smooth nicely over the next 5 years is eminent. Cellared correctly this will be a 15-year wine or more.
Dark fruit, brooding with black olive, toasted oak, and black licorice. A touch of violet opens to an energetic lift on the mid palate – stewed cherries and roasted capsicum – with tapering tannins and great acid structure. A meal eater’s wine, sure to pair perfectly with almost any braised short rib or grilled tri-tip that’s worth setting a fine table and inviting friends.
It’s not only great reds that are grown on Rutherford Dust… this white, quite literally, stands next to them. Beautiful, bright, bursting, the 2019 Mirror Sauvignon Blanc invites with scents of fresh cut grass, crisp honeydew, and just a touch of green apple. Delicate, but not diminutive, pair with spicy ceviche or rémoulade-topped calamari.
The 2018 Mirror Chardonnay is classic Sonoma Coast, essential Petaluma Gap. Crisp and clean as it is to the eye, this platinum wine belies hidden depth. Ripe pineapple, orange blossom, and just a hint of oak present on the nose, while the palate welcomes a grander showcase of guava, verbena, and crème fraîche. As focused as it is versatile, drink with green goddess salad or herb roasted chicken.
Flexfit L/XL available in black or white for $35.
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