2008 Zero One Vintners Sauce Red (Columbia Valley, Washington)… 11.99
At first glance, you may not take this wine too seriously. It has a picture of a group of young, nicely dressed men and women standing with a city as the backround. I think they are shooting for the younger crowd, but I am not sure if they hit their intended target. Thank God you can’t judge a picture by the cover, because behind this peculiar label is an awesome bottle of wine.
Aromas of sweet black currants, damp wood and an interesting beef element. Don’t let the nose fool you however because on the palate you get what I would call as close to an Amarone as you can get without being one. Black currants up front backed by dark cherries, chocolate and mocha. A nice bright core backs the fruit with a hit of tobacco and currants on the mid-palate. This wine has a nice long finish of black currants, spice, chocolate and minerality backed by fresh tannins. Nice complexity, excellent balance and good structure make for an awesome bottle of red. For twelve bucks I believe it offers quite a bit of interesting juice. So, forget the label and buy it for what it is…Great wine. 80% merlot, 10% cabernet franc, 6% syrah & 4% cabernet sauvignon.
Distributed by Cordon Selections, Seattle WA. Cheers! Stan The Wine Man
