2018 Sandlands Red Table Wine Contra Costa County

Community Tasting Notes (45) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  10/19/2023 - Matteo1 wrote: 91 Points

  Lively red fruit, sandlewood, and leather notes. Medium bodied and went surprisingly well with szechuan dumplings. There's a Lodi and Contra Costa bottling of this Red blend. They're similar and I remember the Lodi having darker fruit and smoke, while this one is more elegant and from a cooler site.

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  10/9/2023 - Bakerbd Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Tart blackberry, med body, med + acid, great QPR

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  6/2/2023 - thesternowl wrote: 91 Points

  The last bottle from my cellar. No formal notes. This has become more black fruited; structure remains status quo. Apropos, this remains an delicious wine that begs for food. The RTW series from CCC and Lodi continue to be one of the wines I look forward to most each year. Drink now and over through 2030.

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  4/4/2023 - ben7210 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Deep ruby. Leather and forest floor on the nose. On the palate tea leaves and sage, fruit is in the background, high acidity, bright and in a good place. May improve further.

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  4/4/2023 - CPSchoeff Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Many Dudes, Much Carignan, some Mourvedre, Side of Brett (George-fucking-town): Purple. Rather closed nose to begin with, but returning after an hour or so yields some rocks and tangy red fruit. The palate follows with red fruit, perhaps tart cherry, with a good bit of grip and moderate length. The fruit here is definitely more tangy on the palate than I recall from the last bottle a year or so ago.
  
  My #3, tied for #4 in the group

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