Full Review

Red Thread

Red Thread
2019 Estate Red Blend, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Pasta Pork

Category: Other US Red

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.5%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$68
Cellar Selection

Red Thread
2019 Estate Red Blend, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Pasta Pork

Category: Other US Red

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.5%
Garnet black color. Aromas of ripe raspberries, mocha latte, and sweet pea blossom with a satiny, vibrant, dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body and a warming, interesting, long chocolate gelato, raspberry coulis, and sweet tobacco finish with heavy oak flavor. A highly extracted Red Blend that offers intense notes of raspberry, mocha and spice.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Oaky, Rich & Full, Spicy & Complex, Fruity & Juicy & Smooth
Aroma Aroma: ripe raspberries, mocha latte, and sweet pea blossom
Taste Flavor: chocolate gelato, raspberry coulis, and sweet tobacco
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry-yet-Fruity
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Baked Ham, Meat Loaf, Lasagna
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A highly extracted Red Blend that offers intense notes of raspberry, mocha and spice.

The Producer

Red Thread Wines

The Producer
516 Edgemont Lane
Angwin, CA 94508
USA
1 707-3637236

Other US Red

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Serve in a Zinfandel Wine Glass
'Other Red' is a catch-all category for both uncommon grape varietals and uncommon combinations of varietals. There are little pockets of other red varietals grown throughout the US. In California, Italian varietals such as Barbera, Gignolino, Primitivo, and Nebbiolo and esoteric Rhone varietals like Cinsault and Carignano can be found. Tempranillo, best known as the principal red variety of Spain’s Rioja, can also be found in small plantings in the Southwest where hot grown conditions favor the grape. Many producers throughout the US produce blends of Bordeaux with non-Bordeaux varietals such as Zinfandel, Petit Sirah, Syrah and even hybrids like Chambourcin that fall under our Other US Red category.