Reviews
Technical Details
- Blend41% Grenache, 32% Mourvedre, 27% Syrah
- WinemakerHelen Keplinger
- CountryUS
- RegionCalifornia North Coast
- AppellationAmador County
- VineyardShake Ridge
- Alcohol14.7%
Keplinger Red Blend Lithic Shake Ridge Vineyard 2016
“...medium to full-bodied effort has beautiful elegance and purity as well as a great nose of blueberries, ground pepper, wild strawberries, and violets. It’s another Châteauneuf du Pape look-alike that does everything right and is up with some of the top GSM blends coming out of California today.” -- Jeb Dunnuck 95
There’s nothing we can argue about there! This really is a wonderful wine with crazy-pure fruit and spices, not unduly influenced by oak -- truly Chateauneuf-like!
$449.70 per 6-pack is a DEAL for a wine of this quality and pedigree, but here’s what we’d suggest -- get as many as you want of the superb LITHIC, and grab a few Châteauneufs from our website, and do your own blind and/or comparison tasting! This wine, from the fantastic 2016 vintage, is 41% Grenache, 32% Mourvèdre, and the rest Syrah, and we guarantee it will satisfy you to the core and embarrass quite a few CDPs!
Only a few cases to sell --- IN STOCK and ready to go!