2020 Morgan 'Cote du Crow's' Red Blend Monterey

Winemaker's Notes: This Rhone-style blend has a rich ruby color, highlighted by purple edges. Raspberry jam and sweet herbs jump out of the glass. The wine is medium-full bodied with soft tannins, offering flavors of strawberry hard candy and fresh plum. Its weight and balance make it a perfect pairing for anything off the grill.

Cotes du Crow’s is a unique blend of the two noble, predominant red varietals of France’s southern Rhone Valley: grenache and syrah. Small amounts of tempranillo and cinsault are included – the earthy spice of tempranillo and soft bouquet of cinsault are beautiful complements to the grenache and syrah. The wine was fermented in open top tanks and received manual punch-downs. This enabled good extraction and structure development with pleasant tannins. After fermentation, the wine was transferred to French oak barrels (seven percent  new), giving subtle spice and vanilla characters without overpowering the elegant fruit profile.

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Wine Enthusiast - "This is a smashing deal every vintage, and this year's blend of 58% Grenache, 35% Syrah, 4% Mourvèdre and 3% Tempranillo doesn't disappoint. Fresh but savory aromas of roasted red fruit and baking spice drop into a tightly wound palate of snappy red currant and light pepper that rides a zippy acidity through the finish."