Linne Calodo Sticks & Stones Paso Robles 2017 (750ml) Aurora Amontillado

Linne Calodo Sticks & Stones Paso Robles 2017 (750ml) Aurora Amontillado96 points Jeb Dunnuck The amount of black, blue, and red fruit from Matt Trevisans 2017 Sticks And Stones just about knocks you over, and it opens up with time in the glass to show beautiful ground pepper, flowery incense, and spice laced aromas and flavors. With full bodied richness, sweet, polished tannins, and no sensation of weight or heaviness, this beauty makes the most of the 2017 vintage and is a brilliant wine. The blend is 71% Grenache, 22%

intensely flavored wine

Ripe red cherry fruit with

structured Figeac

it is a structured and balanced wine

grilled scallops

Both men are widely admired in California and elsewhere

This climate promotes slow and even ripening

but with a solid

There is only a small portion of new wood

notes of grilled nuts and honey

powerful and structured

which tends to ripen a little later than the Garnacha