Reviews & Ratings

2014 Donelan Red Blends or Varietals "Cuvee Moriah"

Winery: Donelan

Vintage: 2014

Wine Name/Vineyard: "Cuvee Moriah"

Wine Category: Red Blends or Varietals

Grape blend: 84% Grenache & 16% Mourvedre

Bottle size: 750 ml

Region: Sonoma County

State or country: CA

Price: $50

Cases produced: 560

KWG Score: 92.7 (based on 4 reviews)

Ken's Wine Rating: Very Good+ (92)

Review date: October 29, 2018

Wine Review: This bright red colored Grenache based blend from Donelan opens with a faint earthy and red cherry bouquet with a hint oak. On the palate, this wine is full bodied, nicely balanced and fruit forward. Those fruits are a combination of strawberry and red currant with notes of red plum and oak mixed in. I also detected a hint of pomegranate. The finish is dry and its dusty tannins stick around for a little while. I would pair this wine with pork tenderloin. Enjoy – Ken

Winemaker Notes: The next evolution in our Cuvee Moriah reintroduces Mourvedre, taking the already exotic 2014 vintage and adding wild herbs and cured meats—delicious! The 2014 bottling is a great match between the Dry Stack Vineyard Grenache’s delicate fruit flavors of pomegranate and rhubarb and the Kopf Vineyard Mourvedre's structuring mouth-feel and savory notes of caraway seed and cardamom spices, with additional hints of red currants and fresh violets throughout.

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