2013 L'Aventure Cuvée Chloé

Bright violet color. Highly expressive aromas of ripe red berries, olive paste, incense, lavender and Asian spices, with a smoky quality building in the glass. Sweet and seamless on the palate, offering juicy black raspberry and boysenberry flavors and a sexy floral pastille flourish. This concentrated yet lithe blend finishes with outstanding clarity and length and smooth tannins that fold into the wine's intense fruit.

- Josh Raynolds (06/2015)

From a single block of north-facing Syrah vines and a south-facing block of Grenache vines, the 2013 Cuvee Chloe (71% Syrah and 39% Grenache) is a big, ripe, voluptuous effort that firms up substantially on the palate, with lots of ripe tannin kicking in on the finish. Possessing plenty of black raspberry, graphite, spice-box, crushed flowers and dusty soil characteristics, give this concentrated, structured and balanced 2013 a year or three in the cellar and enjoy bottles through 2028.

- Jeb Dunnuck (08/2015)