Blackbird Vineyards Red Bordeaux Blend Oak Knoll Contrarian 2007
- Winery: Blackbird Vineyards
- Region: USA » California » Napa » Oak Knoll
- Variety Bordeaux Blend
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Arise captures the charming essences of Napa Valley's unique terroir. Harvested, vinified, and barrel aged with an id...
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Bright cherry nose, smooth and juicy wine, with a very nice acidic palate, some medicine, cherry cola, chocolate, and some oak. Read more
Luscious deep blackberry fruit with violets grace the nose. The wine is silky smooth, with warm spice and dried raisin flavors, and perks up with f... Read more
my second time around and just as amazing as the first. loads of berries on the nose, dark fruit, black berries, currants, lots of complexity and ... Read more
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User Reviews for Blackbird Vineyards Red Bordeaux Blend Oak Knoll Contrarian
Add your reviewBright cherry nose, smooth and juicy wine, with a very nice acidic palate, some medicine, cherry cola, chocolate, and some oak.
Luscious deep blackberry fruit with violets grace the nose. The wine is silky smooth, with warm spice and dried raisin flavors, and perks up with fresh lively acidity on the finish, melting into cocoa and a bit of oak.
my second time around and just as amazing as the first. loads of berries on the nose, dark fruit, black berries, currants, lots of complexity and concentration of fruit on the palate, beautifully balanced
berry-filled aromas, some dried dark cherries, currants and plums, round and silkier, fairly complex and high concentration of fruit, deep tannin structure, enjoyable finish
filled with berry aromas, blackberries, raspberries, boysenberries, rose tips and hints of milk chocolate. the palate is fruit forward with chocolaty notes and hearty earth
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A sensational effort, the 2007 Paramour reveals the most saturated purple color of any of these wines. A blend of 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, it possesses abundant notes of graphite, ink, spicy oak, creme de cassis, plu... Robert Parker's Wine Advocate. A Proprietary Blend wine from California in USA. 2007 Blackbird Vineyards Paramour 750ml
#51 on Top 100 of 2010; A spectacular wine that gets better and better with every sip. It's dramatic from the get-go, with rich, fine tannins framing extraordinarily good flavors of blackberries, black currants, anise, dark chocolate and cedar. Super... Wine Enthusiast. A Proprietary Blend wine from California in USA. 2007 Blackbird Vineyards Illustration 750ml
A Proprietary Blend wine from California in USA. 2007 Blackbird Vineyards Illustration 750ml
Another noteworthy offering is the 2007 Contrarian, a blend of 46% Cabernet Franc, 34% Merlot, and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. Perhaps the most concentrated of these wines (although this is splitting hairs), this dense 2007 offers loads of licorice, blac... Robert Parker's Wine Advocate. A Proprietary Blend wine from California in USA. 2007 Blackbird Vineyards Contrarian 750ml
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Winemaker's Notes:
Arise captures the charming essences of Napa Valley's unique terroir. Harvested, vinified, and barrel aged with an identical commitment to quality and excellence as our core wines, every vintage of this sister label Bordeaux-inspired blend is hand-tuned to express the luscious flavor profiles and lithe structure that only comes from exceptional fruit.
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