Description
finally registered the domaine as a vigneron indépendant
Great and complex wine which is still in its youth
This is quite long and overall
Dry River rests on the very arid
Jonata, Santa Ynez Valley, Ballard Canyon, El Desafio de Jonata 2013 (6L) Rhone Rouge finally registered the domaine as98 points Jeb Dunnuck The 2013 El Desafio de Jonata checks in as a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot and the rest Merlot all aged 20 months in 80% new French oak. Reminiscent of a First Growth from Pauillac, it gets a big wow in the notes and offers sensational notes of cassis, tobacco leaf, damp herbs, and charcoal. Full bodied, massively concentrated, fresh and impeccably balanced, it's up with the 2007 as the