April 9, 2008
Dunne on Wine: The best of the year – so far Sacramento Bee
"...The Best Wines of the Year, So Far...
Holly's Hill Vineyards 2005 El Dorado Patriarche ($30): More and more, I'm convinced that the future of Rhone Valley grape varieties in the United States is blended rather than varietal wines, and this is exhibit No. 1. A blend of 40 percent mourvedre, 36 percent syrah, 15 percent grenache and 9 percent counoise, the result is authoritative yet accessible, a wine with as many layers as an alluring novel, each page yielding something new to keep bringing you back – something floral here, something meaty there, a fast chase involving racy fruit, a denouement entirely satisfying.
At the table, think food just as big and just as elegant...."

View the entire article at the Sac Bee website here.

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