Red

Valley View Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Santa Ynez Valley · Central Coast · United States

Fact sheet

red meat · lamb · barbecue · smoked meats · aged cheeses

201489 pts

Touches of soy, cedar and smoked meat enhance the base of blueberry on the nose of this bottling from a vineyard in the geographic heart of the Santa Ynez Valley. Mocha and blackberry flavors show on the sip, where an even-keeled acidity holds it all together.
201391 pts

This distinctive bottling offers aromas of tobacco, wet coffee grounds, roasted pasilla chili, charcoal and charred beef that seem curious at first but quickly grow interesting. The palate shows much of the same, recalling a chile-flecked dark-chocolate brownie served atop a bla…
201288 pts

Slate, plum, red fruits, and baking spices of cinnamon and clove show on the nose of this wine from a longtime vineyard east of Solvang. It's fairly light in body, but with pleasing purple fruit flavors, a touch of coffee and a strong herbal complexity.
200883 pts

A simple wine, with sweet, candied flavors of cherries and raspberries and a spicy finish. Drink now.