Flora Springs
Happy Holidays Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley, California, USA
Tis the season for holiday labels! What I love about the Flora Springs holiday wines are the etched bottles...really creative and festive touch. The art is different each year. Fun to hold some back and revisit a few years later.
In my opinion, the bottle outshines the wine. The wine itself is very basic, especially in comparison to their Trilogy offering that I buy as much of as I can. Plum, cranberry, cocoa on the nose. On the palate, it’s very simplistic. Finish is a balance of blackberries, black cherry, and red licorice. Dry and tannic. I found that a decant and a revisit the next day didn’t change much about this wine. Then again, you buy these for the bottle more than what’s inside...job accomplished. ✔️🎄🎅🏼
Tis the season for holiday labels! What I love about the Flora Springs holiday wines are the etched bottles...really creative and festive touch. The art is different each year. Fun to hold some back and revisit a few years later.
In my opinion, the bottle outshines the wine. The wine itself is very basic, especially in comparison to their Trilogy offering that I buy as much of as I can. Plum, cranberry, cocoa on the nose. On the palate, it’s very simplistic. Finish is a balance of blackberries, black cherry, and red licorice. Dry and tannic. I found that a decant and a revisit the next day didn’t change much about this wine. Then again, you buy these for the bottle more than what’s inside...job accomplished. ✔️🎄🎅🏼
Love these labels on the holiday bottles from Flora Springs. Here is the 2014 Red Blend, made up of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Petit Verdot and 17% Syrah.
Deep ruby red. A bit of pencil shavings, dark plums, and spices. Medium tannins (6.5/10) and medium bodied. Dry on the palate with black cherries, dark spices and a little bit of earthiness. Medium to medium plus finish. Drink till 2021.
Sample from estate, retail is $65.00.
Love these labels on the holiday bottles from Flora Springs. Here is the 2014 Red Blend, made up of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Petit Verdot and 17% Syrah.
Deep ruby red. A bit of pencil shavings, dark plums, and spices. Medium tannins (6.5/10) and medium bodied. Dry on the palate with black cherries, dark spices and a little bit of earthiness. Medium to medium plus finish. Drink till 2021.
Sample from estate, retail is $65.00.
Blackberry, cassis, cherry cola, vanilla, eucalyptus, mossy earth, licorice and oak. Excellent structure and well-integrated tannins.
Blackberry, cassis, cherry cola, vanilla, eucalyptus, mossy earth, licorice and oak. Excellent structure and well-integrated tannins.
Dec 9th, 2016Just in time for the Holiday Season! Deep ruby red with high intensity. Warm and inviting nose with lots of baking spices, dark raspberries, a little cassis and cocoa. Same on the palate, perfect for this time of year. Moderate tannins (5.5/10) and medium bodied. Slightly dry with a touch of cinnamon, dark cherries and blackberries. Long finish that needed a little bit of time to fully open up but no reason to wait. Drink till 2021.
Just in time for the Holiday Season! Deep ruby red with high intensity. Warm and inviting nose with lots of baking spices, dark raspberries, a little cassis and cocoa. Same on the palate, perfect for this time of year. Moderate tannins (5.5/10) and medium bodied. Slightly dry with a touch of cinnamon, dark cherries and blackberries. Long finish that needed a little bit of time to fully open up but no reason to wait. Drink till 2021.
Dec 1st, 2016
