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<\/p>\nThis morning I visited with Henry Tennenbaum of KRON-TV 4. During our segment we sprinted through a tasting of these four Judges’ Choice Winners. My notes are just a brief snapshot from memory so pick up a bottle of each yourself and luxuriate in a slower pace over dinner to gain the full experience.<\/p>\n
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Navarro Vineyards, Mendocino, Cuvee 128, Sauvignon Blanc <\/strong>This wine exhibits plenty of citrus and zippy acidity. The pH is just 3.16 and the TA is 7.5 g\/l, making for a refreshing Sauvignon. P&B in Philo 13.5% $18 at the winery Navarro<\/a><\/p>\n Merryvale, Carneros, Pinot Noir 2008 <\/strong>This is truly an elegant Pinot with plenty of cherry fruit and an enhancing kiss of vanilla. The wine was aged in French oak for 12 months and 37% of the wood was new. P&B in Napa 14.8% $34.99 at the winery Merryvale<\/a><\/p>\n Michael & David, Lodi, Lust, Zinfandel 2007 <\/strong>This is a rich style of Zin with lots of jammy fruit and an almost thick texture, smooth and ripe. If you’re a fan of the winery’s 7 Deadly Zins, you’ll love this as it takes the richness and multiplies it by 3. Vinted and bottled by Michael & David Phillips in Lodi 16.9% $59.00 at the winery Michael & David<\/a><\/p>\n Robert Hall, Paso Robles, Margaret’s Vineyard, Orange Muscat 2009 <\/strong>The orange blossoms leap out of the glass when you smell this wine while in the mouth it is all fresh fruit, moderately sweet in the 4-5% range, and light-bodied. This fresh and delicate approach to this sweet wine would make it perfect when you have a sweet tooth but don’t want the thickness of many a late harvest wine. Produced and bottled in Paso Robles 12.5% $15 at the winery Robert Hall<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This morning I visited with Henry Tennenbaum of KRON-TV 4. During our segment we sprinted through a tasting of these four Judges’ Choice Winners. My notes are just a brief snapshot from memory so pick up a bottle of each yourself and luxuriate in a slower pace over dinner to gain the full experience. Navarro […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[536,590,496,591],"class_list":["post-5079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","tag-merryvale","tag-michale-david","tag-navarro-vineyards","tag-robert-hall-winery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5079"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5100,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5079\/revisions\/5100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}