Ernst Loosen and Chateau Ste Michelle’s vice president of winemaking Katie Nelson. ‘The whole thing started in [19]99 when I was visiting Oregon’, says Ernst ‘Ernie’ Loosen, explaining the origin of the Eroica collaboration with Washington’s founding winery, Chateau Ste Michelle. Having embarked on a joint venture with the Antinori family in 1995 at Col Solare on Red Mountain, Ste …

There’s appealing lightness to this silky red, despite the ripeness. Unadorned cherry and red licorice notes cruise alongside dusty earth, mulling spices and graphite. Cool stone minerality and grilled apple wood smoke mark the finish, gently guided by sculpted red tea tannins. Grenache and Syrah. Drink now. 10,000 cases made, 3,000 cases imported. Source : 89461a6cd4dcaa249dc647a6eff21080