Clarissa Vin Rouge 2019
Clarissa Vin Rouge is a Meritage — a soft, complex, American Bordeaux-style red crafted to beautifully complement medium to soft, flavor-packed dishes. It’s the perfect pairing for anything from a pizza loaded with toppings to brined pork chops or a beautifully seared New York steak.
Clarissa is an elegant, refined wine with a purity of fruit and perfect balance. Uniquely designed by Bill to accompany foods seasoned with flavors like garlic, brine, tomato, anchovy, and cloves, it lifts and harmonizes with these mid-strength, savory notes without overpowering them.
Whether you’re serving Spaghetti alla Puttanesca, Chicken Marbella, or a pepperoni pizza, Clarissa Vin Rouge is the versatile, go-to red you’ll reach for time and again.
This has nice vivacity, featuring plum and cassis notes (macerated black currants, giving it a rich, layered dark-berry flavor balanced by the tannins and tartness you might associate with blackberries) laced with herbal accents of bay leaves, pepper and mild tobacco.
The wine will attain even more nuance with a little aeration in the glass.
The palate is medium-bodied with plenty of fruit concentration: layers of ripe blackberry and boysenberry, segueing into what feels like a very complex and rich coating of the entire mouth that seems to last forever on the palate.
It is a wonderful follow-up to the 2018 last year, with similar audacity and bravado remaining fresh and racy through the finish.
Naturally the blend is complex and comprises, in order of quantity, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec blended from our vineyards located in Napa-Atlas Peak, Sonoma Mountain, Chalk Hill, Red Hills and Dry Creek Valley.
| Color | Red |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Style | Red Bordeaux |
| Appellation | North Coast |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Date Bottled | 26th Jul 2021 |
| Drinkable | 2022 - 2029 |
| Alcohol | 14.40% |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
