Other popular varieties include Merlot, Petite Sirah, Petit Verdot, Syrah, Grenache and Rhône blends, both red and white. This is mostly red wine country, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel standing out as the star performers. The San Miguel, (Paso Robles) Estrella, (Paso Robles) Geneso, (Paso Robles) Highlands, El Pomar and Creston Districts, along with San Juan Creek, are the hotter, more western appellations of the greater Paso Robles AVA. These all experience more ocean fog, wind and precipitation compared to the rest of the Paso sub-appellations. Just east over the Santa Lucia Mountains from the chilly Pacific Ocean, lie the coolest in the region: Adelaida, Templeton Gap and (Paso Robles) Willow Creek Districts, as well as York Mountain AVA and Santa Margarita Ranch. But with eleven smaller sub-AVAs, there is actually quite a bit of diversity to be found in this inland portion of California’s Central Coast. Paso Robles has made a name for itself as a source of supple, powerful, fruit-driven Central Coast wines. Already showing a bit of palatal polish that makes for fairly attractive drinking right now, it has room to grow all the same, and those who favor complexity over obvious fruit might want to wait for another three or four years before bringing it out of the cellar. Big, bold and insistently rich, yet not at all overdone or owing overly to exorbitant ripeness, Justin’s 2016 Isoceles is a deep and wellstuffed, very complete wine that displays a nice sense of layering and plenty of continuous dark fruit that stays in advance of its moderate tannins. Try the 2016 ISOSCELES right now with rich, full-flavored dishes like braised beef short ribs over polenta as easily as it does with a classic New York steak simply seasoned with salt and pepper and grilled over an open fire.īlend: 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Cabernet Franc, 7% MerlotĨ5% Cabernet Sauvignon 8% Cabernet Franc 7% Merlot. If you can, try cellaring some of your 2016 ISOSCELES to better experience the added complexity and finesse that only time can bring to this exceptional wine. The 2016 ISOSCELES is full-bodied, complex and balanced and pairs well with rich, full-flavored dishes. Sustained fruit, spice, and savory elements mix through a very long, complex and fresh finish with lingering tannins. The mid palate has continuing ripe fruit with savory dried leaf elements, cedar, anise, camphor and a bit of cocoa surrounded with firm, chewy tannins and sweet spice notes that add complexity as the palate evolves. Dry, full-bodied with ripe, complex black fruit of cherry and blackcurrants layered with baking spice on the entry. Highly aromatic with ripe black cherry and cassis fruit, vanilla and cinnamon spice with cedar, graphite, dried autumn leaf and licorice notes over an attractive toasted oak background. Moderate plus viscosity with slow forming, slightly stained tears. Dark ruby/purple core, lighter in color toward the rim.
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