this deep-colored, full-bodied red gets a little swagger in its step from enticing smoky oak aromas and powerful black-fruit flavors that also carry that spicy oak streak. this is brash enough for slow-cooked barbecue but sophisticated enough for osso buco. the texture is fine-grained from supportive tannin, and the finish lingers. best now through 2018.
Ghielmetti Vineyard Micro-lot Reserve