Red

Clover Creek Vineyard Tempranillo

Longoria

Santa Ynez Valley · Central Coast · United States

Fact sheet

Type
Red
Grape
Tempranillo
Country
United States
Region
Santa Ynez Valley · Central Coast
Appellation
Santa Ynez Valley
Body
medium
Acidity
medium
Tannin
medium
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

lamb chops · game · roast salmon

Rated vintages

  • 200987 pts

    Pinot Noir specialist Rick Longoria continues to tackle this difficult variety, which may be the hardest to master in California. His results are inconsistent. The '09 is a very good wine, bone dry and dusty, with tobacco and cherry flavors.

  • 200884 pts

    A decent but clumsy wine, showing the pitfalls of this variety in California. It's very dry and silky in texture, but hot in alcohol, and there's a burnt taste to the cherry and oak flavors. Not going anywhere.

  • 200793 pts

    One of the best California Tempranillos of this or any vintage, Longoria's '07 establishes a new benchmark for the variety. Finally we have a dry, crisp and complex Tempranillo, filled with cherry, red currant, tobacco, spice, vanilla and sandalwood flavors, wrapped into polishe…