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8.9

Artiste Winery Malaguena Non Vintage Santa Barbara County, California

A pretty color of dark ruby with a wide reddish rim.

Fruity nose of blueberries, red plums, cherries, oak, earth, light vanilla, vegetables, spices and black pepper.

Full bodied and soft with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry on the palate with plums, cherries, currants, oak, vanilla, licorice, spices, tobacco, dark chocolates, herbs, light vegetables and peppercorn.

Medium finish with soft tannins and tangy raspberries.

This is a very nice Zinfandel blend from Santa Barbara County. Showing nice complexity with a nice mouthfeel.

Nicely balanced and good by itself as a sipping wine. Could use a few more years in the bottle to mature properly.

Needs 30 minutes to open up properly and remove some of the acidity.

Tasty, tangy, soft and interesting.

I paired it with Gorgonzola cheese and crackers.

A blend of 77% Zinfandel and 23% Petit Verdot. Non Vintage, bottled in 2019.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

89 points.

$52. — 14 days ago

Ron R

9.3

Just excellent, and improving with age.
Exotic and viscous Rhône white blend, with tropical notes of pineapple, almonds and white pepper. Oily mouthfeel, finishing sweet with wispy acidity. At $22, this is a no-brainer. — 16 days ago

with Anne-marie

Eric Urbani

9.2

Graham Tatomer is emerging as an outstanding producer of riesling, Pinot and gruener - get it before it blow up — 19 days ago

Ellen Clifford

9.2

Fresh new haircut and tomorrow’s pies done finally getting into this and it is HIGH FIVE it’s so great. A GSM blend and you can taste all the elements of the different grapes working in harmony. One supporting the other. Like we women are gonna do. If our efforts happen to result in fabulous wine? All the better. — 10 days ago

Michael Herzog

9.4

Beautiful Syrah. Pipe tobacco, blackberry, perfumed coffee. Savory but what a balance between fruit and savory. Need to drink more of my older Tensleys. — 14 days ago

Betsy Schermer

9.2

Happy 2nd Birthday Penny! — 3 hours ago

Nate Axline

9.3

Fresh, bright, nice texture — 7 days ago

Ted Corvey

9.2

Thirst quenching and mouth watering. At the end of the bottle I always feel like Jack Sparrow asking why the rum is always gone. — 3 months ago

Jane Dunkley

9.1

Hailing from one of my favourite (sandy) sites in Santa Barbara County I was excited to try this wine. Mainly because I really want to find a wine that I hate made by Adam Tolmach. This wasn’t it. The guy is a pro and there’s no doubt that I’m jealous of him. This wine needed time to open in the glass. Caught at a slightly awkward stage I’d like to revisit this wine to witness the evolution with age. Wet dirt and dark berries are the way to my Syrah lovin’ heart. — 12 days ago

Sally Neal

9.2

Enjoyable on thanksgiving g with turkey or as a sipping wine Light enough to pair with a variety of foods. A winner — 9 days ago