FIRST AMERICAN TEMPRANILLO?

[Jerry D Mead]

My subscribers are getting this tip today...There are 250 cases of 100% varietal Tempranillo being released by Clos Du Bois as we speak. It's non-vintage, because to have a commercial lot they had to put 95&96 together. It's $30 with all proceeds going to charity, and it's a special bottling dedicated to long time winery employee (she goes back to the Frank Woods days), Inez Ferrari. There will be greater quantity in coming years.

It's really tasty...structure not unlike a Merlot...flavors of berries, plums and wild violets. I score it 90/84

(First number rates quality; second number rates value.)