WINEMAKER'S NOTES:
The 2019 Donati Family Vineyards Claret offers aromas of cherry cola, cherry, raspberry, chocolate powder, tootsie roll, caramel and vanilla. On the palate there is bright, clean acidity. Pomegranate notes balanced with spices of nutmeg and white pepper, as well as rhubarb and cherry. Integrated medium tannins do not dominate.
Blend: 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 5% Malbec, 5% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc
TASTING NOTES:
Pretty glossy and generous with some white pepper, dark chocolate, blackberries and tobacco. Savory plums, too. Rich and flavorful with dusty tannins on the medium-bodied palate. Quite resolved and savory with some vanilla spices looming in a medium-long finish. Generous in the end.
- James Suckling, 90 pts.
This stainless steel- fermented blend of 49% Cabernet Sauvi- gnon and 39% Merlot with smaller portions of Malbec, Petit Verdot, and Cab Franc aged for 20 months in a combination of new French, American, and Eastern European oak. Crushed cherry and a hint of cin- namon appear as both aromas and flavors. Dried roses, charred oak, tobacco, and cof- fee bean linger through the finish.
- Tasting Panel, 90 pts.
