Diamond Creek, Red Rock Terrace other_regions The 2016 La Violette was

The 2016 La Violette was one of the turn-ups for the books at this tasting

star anise and cured meat

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berry and light cherry aromas

Diamond Creek, Red Rock Terrace other_regions The 2016 La Violette wasThe 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace comes from seven acres of the 20 acre vineyard (whereas the Gravelly Meadow emerges from five acres). The terroir is iron rich, red, rocky soil in contrast to the light, gravelly, ashy soils of the Gravelly Meadow. Super intense, rich, more backward and powerful than the Gravelly Meadow, this dense purple wine offers up notes of beef blood, crme de cassis, blackberry, licorice and earth. Full bodied,