Wine Doctrine
2019

La Pelle Cabernet Sauvignon Ceniza

Tasted 7 April 2023 Napa Valley · Coombsville

Comparatively darker and chewier than the Red Hen, The Ceniza rolls out the blackberry, ash, bitter chocolate, pulverized granite, pencil lead, and wet cave flavors with a gothic and semi-serious presence that is cool…

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La Pelle Sauvignon Blanc

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Still solid, though this bottle turned a little sherried and woody the more it was exposed to air. A great food wine, but signaling a more narrow drinking window as time goes on. Summer is here. So.…

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La Pelle Cabernet Sauvignon Red Hen Vineyard

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This really opens up after a couple hours of air, with a more deeply pitched profile quickly coming into form once a healthy dose of aeration allows the flavors to expand. Earthy black fruits,…

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La Pelle Cabernet Sauvignon Alluvium

Napa Valley · St. Helena

Blackberry, black raspberry, black cherry, soil, and graphite dominate, with more power and darker fruit than the Red Hen served beside it, the 2018 Alluvium is a bit of a monster. Still, there is…

Reviewed 24 November 2023
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