Community Tasting Notes 9

• Rieslingfan wrote:

  March 7, 2024 - Every time I open a bottle of wine from the Evangelho Vineyard I am transported to a different plane of existence. It's a place where grapes can reach to the depths of the soul, eliciting emotions normally reserved for significant personal events or perhaps great art. Maybe that's what it is - Evangelho provides the winemakers with the elements of great art - form, texture, and depth, that they just have to coax into place. A wine of 90% Carignan and 10% Mourvedre, this has the brightness and firm structure of its primary component, but that dash of Mourvedre provides a bass note as strong as anything John Entwistle ever played for The Who. It's a canvas upon which the rest of the wine is built, and will sustain it for years, maybe decades to come. If I had a dozen more bottles (rather than one) it would still not be enough.

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• ekorn Likes this wine:

  February 17, 2023 - PnP. Bright red fruit - kirsch, cherry - delicious and a crowd pleaser.
  
  Off the list at Estela.

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• VAGenius Likes this wine: 91 points

  February 3, 2023 - PnP. Nose shows bright red fruits, violets, kirsch, and a hint of oak. Sun-drenched red raspberry and cranberry palate wrapped in acidity and a bit of smoked meat. Tannins are still a little tight, with purple fruit, iodine, notes of lavender, and red cherry acidity on a lingering finish of earth. Coming into its own though another year would help. Wife 90, Me 92. 91+

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• Rieslingfan wrote:

  October 31, 2022 - Wanted to open a Carignan based wine before the month was out, and this was at hand. Last tasted shortly after release two years ago, and to a great extent it remains consistent. It's still brightly red fruited, has some of the sappiness that marks Evangelho, and really leans on being both substantial and refreshing at the same time. It has to be the brightness of the Carignan that does that, leavening the undertow of the 10% Mourvedre. This leans much more on acid for structure than tannin. It's interesting to me that the wine has not moved at all in the last two years. Not sure if that means drink soon, or hold for however long.

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• seanucsb Likes this wine: 92 points

  June 20, 2022 - Crunchy raspberries with some gamey undertones. I love carignane for it's wild, brambly tones and this delivered full force. Bright acidity. No decant needed, ready to party after a pop.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type Red
• Producer Desire Lines
• Varietal Red Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Evangelho
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion San Francisco Bay
• Appellation Contra Costa County

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• In Cellars 59 (48%)
• Consumed 65 (52%)

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