Rhone Varietal Wines and Blends at Holly's Hill Vineyards, El Dorado County, Near Placeville, CA, El Dorado Wineries and Wine Tasting Rhone Style Wines.
Holly's Hill Winery offers Sierra Foothills wine in a beautiful wine tasting room, considered one of the best in Placerville and Pleasant Valley.

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May 4, 2011
Rhone Rangers Ride Again

"...Every year the Rhone producers from all over the U.S. gather in San Francisco at the Rhone Rangers event to show off the new vintage....The following wines were the most outstanding and are stunning examples of what these varieties can do in the U.S....

2009 Holly's Hill Mourvedre [Estate], $25 - Good Value

This wine has appeared in the Piedmont Post winner's circle before.  Mourvedre is a fascinating grape and the epitome are the earthy, complex wines of Bandol. It smells like no other grape with funky, barnyard, tobacco, earth and wet dog aromas.  This wine is more fruit forward, medium bodied and extremely smooth on the finish.  It is a beautiful summer day quaffing wine. ..."

 

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