Reviews & Ratings

2006 Four Vines Red Blends or Varietals "Monarchy"

Winery: Four Vines

Vintage: 2006

Wine Name/Vineyard: "Monarchy"

Wine Category: Red Blends or Varietals

Grape blend: 59% Petite Verdot & 41% Malbec

Bottle size: 750 ml

Region: Paso Robles

State or country: CA

Price: $40

Cases produced: 412

KWG Score: 91 (based on 1 review)

Ken's Wine Rating: Very Good+ (91)

Review date: June 18, 2009

Wine Review: Not many people can make a very good Petite Verdot based wine. Leave it to Christian Tietje to pull that off. On top of that, he blends in some tasty Malbec to give this wine its unique character. This wine opens with a spicy blackberry like bouquet with hints of blueberry detected as well. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied, smooth, and balanced. The flavor profile is a spicy black raspberry with hints of juicy blackberry. The finish is quite dry and its well managed tannins drift along for quite a while. This wine would pair well with beef bourguignon. Enjoy - Ken

Winemaker Notes: Rich Velvet Red Fruit with dried herbs on the nose. In the mouth, Rich red fruits, fig, black currants with a hint of provincial herbs and earthy spice. Long on the palette with fabulous structure integrated seamlessly with the resonating velvet fruit. It trails into soft tannins and subtle sexy oak finish. This wine has it all… power and grace!

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