2014 Red Mare La Vaquera Red, Napa Valley

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Product Type : Red

Vintage : 2014

Varietal : Red Blend

Bottle Size : 750 mL

ABV : 15.2%

The 2014 La Vaquera is an invitation to celebrate what we can do in California with big berried varietals. From start to finish this wine is a study of dark inky purple and deep ripe fruit. Inviting brambly aromas of ripe blackberry, dark chocolate, licorice and cracked pepper give way to ripe, jammy black fruit compote and a richly layered and textured palate with heft and volume. Once in the mouth, the mid-palate is punctuated by fine talc and opens nicely to a counterpoint of delicate powdery florals lifting ripe black plum, vanilla and white tobacco to a pepper and creamy espresso laced finish. This is an energetic, flavorful and robust wine.

	Robert Parker
91 points	The 2014 La Vaquera is a blend of 58% Petite Sirah, 32% Petit Verdot and 10% Malbec. As one might expect, this wine is as dark as a moonless sky. Notes of earth, blue fruits and violets lead to a massively extracted, rich, full-bodied wine, but surprisingly, it has no trace of rusticity or harsh tannin. It is a big, juicy fruit bomb and will develop and age for at least 15-20 years., given its composition. This is an intriguing wine, and it’s probably worth putting a few bottles away for what I predict will be wonderful surprise in 12-15 or more years.
	Jeb Dunnuck
90 points	The 2014 La Vaquera checks in as a blend of 58% Petite Sirah, 32% Petit Verdot and 10% Malbec. As you’d expect given the blend, it’s a glass staining purple color and offers exotic, huge notes of blue fruits, graphite, flowers, and charcoal. Ripe, full-bodied, firm and angular on the palate, it packs tons of fruit and texture, is a terrific steakhouse red, and should keep for 10-15 years.