.November 2007
Affordable California Red Rhone Blends Into Wine

..It's true that many of California's best red Rhone blends don't come at everyday prices. The outstanding Esprit de Beaucastel (red) from Tablas Creek Vineyard is offered at the retail price of $45 per bottle. Holly's Hill Vineyards' Patriarche is $30 per bottle. Copain Wine Cellar's Les Copain retails at $40 per bottle. L'Aventure Winery's Cote a Cote is also $40 a bottle. A Donkey and Goat's Three Thirteen is $37 per bottle. Terry Hoage Vineyards' The 46 is $40 a bottle and their The Pick is $38 per bottle. Zaca Mesa Winery's Z Three is $42 a bottle....

Another under $20 red Rhone blend we greatly enjoy comes from El Dorado County's Holly's Hill Vineyards. It is the 2004 Tranquille, a blend of Grenache, Mourvedre and Syrah that retails for $18. The Holly's Hill Rhone wines keep reinforcing the lesson that some really good Rhone wines are coming from the Sierra foothills areas in El Dorado, Amador and Calaveras Counties...

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