Blackbird Vineyards Arise

This is our hot new Napa red that seems to have found an audience here at the store.  It's a Cabernet Sauvignon blend with Cab Franc, Merlot and a little Petit Verdot so it's a Meritage blend, using California's name for Red Bordeaux.  More specifically, this property calls it a Pomerol-inspired blend.

Now here come the adjectives: lush and velvety textured; tobacco, nutmeg and clove on the nose; blackberry, plum, blueberry, cherry, licorice and cedar on the palate.  If that seems a bit much, you should know we drew from a couple critics' reports and compiled them into this one.  And, of course, it has the requisite long memorable finish any good red should have.

Now here's the backstory: Blackbird Vineyards fruit was being sold to Screaming Eagle, the most expensive wine from California.  Winemaker Aaron Potts has been with the property since 2006 so there is considerable overlap between what they sold to Screaming Eagle and what they bottled themselves and since they no longer sell their juice, it is fair to note that the expensive juice is now going into their own, by comparison, moderately-priced Arise label blend.

Wanna treat?  Pick up a bottle of Arise!