Wine By Nine

Red Wine by Ferrari Carano from Sonoma County, California. Blend: 80% Sangiovese, 16% Malbec, 4% Zinfandel Ferrari-Carano's Italian heritage is reflected in this Sangiovese-based, easy sipping, multi-dimensional blend. Select lots of grapes were chosen from Ferrari-Carano's vineyards in Alexander, Dry Creek and Russian River Valleys to create a beautifully balanced and medium-bodied wine. Siena is supple and ripe with heady fruit aromas of fresh picked red and black berries complemented by cinnamon and mocha. Juicy cherry and raspberry jam flavors are followed by a round, viscous finish of milk chocolate and butterscotch. Excellent red fruit vitality is met by good acidity, round, gentle tannins and a lingering finish.

Red Wine by Luna from Napa Valley, California. Blend: 75% Sangiovese, 20% Merlot, 5% Petite Sirah Luna 2005 Napa Valley Sangiovese is the color of garnets, a deep and vibrant crimson. On the nose, there are enticing aromas of Bing cherries and spicy white pepper. The palate is filled with the sweet-tart flavor of rhubarb, accented by anise, rosemary and rose petals. The robust, velvety tannins linger for several minutes on the finish, like chocolate laced with red raspberries. This memorable wine should drink well through 2013.

Red Wine by Jacuzzi from Sonoma County, California. Best known for its role in Chiantis and Brunellos, Sangiovese is the most widely planted grape in Italy. Deep red color, bright raspberry, cherry and pepper flavors all come together in this wine. Our Jacuzzi Sangiovese has balanced acidity, medium body and moderate tannins and will age gracefully for the next 5 to 7 years.

Red Wine by Bonny Doon from Central Coast, California. Blend: 90% Sangiovese, 5% Nero d'Avola, 3% Cinsault, 2% Colorino Nowhere is the evolution of Bonny Doon's grape growing and winemaking efforts more apparent than with Sangiovese. They had been working for many years with a vineyard in Monterey County which produced zaftig and extravagantly fruity wines. The new incarnation of this wine is derived principally from the Gimelli Vineyard in San Benito County. It is quite dark and mysterious, perhaps even brooding at this point. Bonny Doon seems to have channeled a more complex and elemental spectrum of flavors. Peel away one layer to find cherried pipe tobacco smoke, beneath another chocolate tones. From the periphery, liquored cassis and black cherry fruit are beginning to expand to the center. The tannins are quite prominent at the moment, and they are moving in the right direction toward resolution. And beneath it all, is a mineral crunch. This wine should evolve gracefully for at least 4 or 5 years.