Stolpman Vineyards 2023 La Cuadrilla Especial

Winery Notes:

Not only is the Especial cuvee 100% Estate grapes, it is culled from only the final round of declassification. These barrels had the potential to make the cut a year earlier, but later just barely lost out to neighboring barrels that showed magically enough to make the cut into our highest end, most limited cuvees. Then blended all together, La Cuadrilla Especial takes on its own juicy, full bodied, delicious character that both over-delivers for our club members and keeps Cuadrilla’s bonuses growing. Dark and mysterious, voluptuous and plump with strawberry syrup presaging a yummy juiciness in the mouth. On the palate, the segway from black to red continues, with a bump of succulent cherry fruit ending in a crack of pepper. Boysenberry and thick cut, marbled, dry rubbed steak fleshes out the mid-palate. A touch of ripe stems takes the form of a forested misty fern grove that gives a cinching finish alongside young tannin.

Composition: 58% Syrah, 24% Grenache, 11% Mourvedre, 7% Sangiovese