Jonata 2018 Syrah La Sangre Ballard Canyon 98 Points

Jeb Dunnuck 98 Points: “Lastly, the 2018 La Sangre de Jonata is 97% Syrah and 3% Viognier brought up in 15% new French oak (8% whole clusters). The 2018 will be a gorgeous vintage for this cuvée, offering lots of bloody blue and black fruits, ground pepper, and smoked meat notes as well as a full-bodied, precise, yet still opulent style on the palate. It’s going to need 3-4 years of bottle age, but it will be a gorgeous wine.”

Vinous 97 Points: “The 2018 La Sangre de Jonata is another wine in this range that is all finesse. Time in the glass releases a range of dark red cherry, plum fruit, along with wild flowers, herbs, licorice, mint and blood orange. All of the strands are woven together in an absolutely impeccable, flat out delicious Syrah that dazzles from start to finish. This 2018 is a drop-dead gorgeous Sangre.”

Matt Dees, Winemaker: “Showcasing the special duality of Ballard Canyon with cool climate syrah aromatics combined with impressive richness and generosity on the palate from the warm days. Floral and spicy with a sublime inner perfume. Black fruit,  silky texture and luxurious tannic structure. Tremendous and seamless expansion of sweet fruit on the palate. Resinous and lingering with an impactful push of dark fruit on the finish. Pipe tobacco, violets, wild blueberry, ripe mulberry, creosote, tar and white truffle. Most impressive Sangre in recent memory”

 

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