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A View of Our Past Accolades From Wines Made From Our Estate Tzabaco Rancho Vineyards Grapes - No Wines Currently Available!
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ACCOLADES - CABERNET SAUVIGNON
2015 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
93 POINTS & GOLD MEDAL– 2019 Los Angeles International Wine Competition
DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL– 2018 San Francisco International Wine Competition
2014 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL– 2018 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
93 POINTS & GOLD MEDAL– 2018 North Coast Wine Challenge
FROM KEN’S WINE GUIDE: “This slightly opaque and dark ruby colored Cabernet Sauvignon from Estate 1856 is impressive. It opens with an attractive boysenberry and gentle black currant bouquet. On the palate, this wine is medium to full bodied, balanced, smooth and fruit forward. The flavor profile is a very tasty black currant with notes of mild boysenberry, gentle minerality and a hint of oak. The finish is dry and its moderate tannins stick around for quite some time. This Cab would pair very nicely with a veal chop. Enjoy – Ken” December 26, 2017 Rating: Very Good+ (92 points)
ACCOLADES - MALBEC
2016 MALBEC
95 POINTS & BEST OF CLASS – 2019 Los Angeles International Wine Competition
91 POINTS & GOLD MEDAL – 2019 Press Democrat North Coast Wine Challenge
GOLD MEDAL – 2018 San Francisco International Wine Competition
2015 MALBEC
BEST OF CLASS & DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL – 2018 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
BEST OF CLASS & DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL – 2017 Grand Harvest Awards
2014 MALBEC
95 POINTS & GOLD MEDAL – 2017 Press Democrat North Coast Wine Challenge
DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL – 2017 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
GOLD MEDAL – 2016 Sonoma County Harvest Fair
2013 MALBEC
BEST OF CLASS – 2016 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
95 POINTS & GOLD MEDAL – 2016 Press Democrat North Coast Challenge
GOLD MEDAL – 2016 Dallas Morning News & TEXSOM Wine Competition
GOLD MEDAL – 2015 Grand Harvest Awards
FROM THEDRUNKENCYCLIST.COM – “If there were ever a brooding wine, this would be it. Dark. Really dark. Even opaque (I like that word). Fantastic blackberry, cassis, cedar, and clove: sounds like a fantastic combination, and it is. Whoa. The palate is slightly fruitier than the nose, but there is also even more intrigue: earth, depth, fruit intermingle as if they were all cousins at a Jewish wedding, lifting the chair to the sky. I knew before I opened this bottle that this was one of my favorite “secret” wineries in Dry Creek. Now I know it–this is fantastic and underscores my faith in Janice as a winemaker. This might be the best domestic Malbec I have had. Whoa. Outstanding. 92-94 Points.” July 22, 2016
ACCOLADES - PETIT VERDOT
2015 PETIT VERDOT
91 POINTS, BEST OF CLASS & GOLD MEDAL– 2018 Critic’s Challenge International Wine Competition
BEST OF CLASS & DOUBLE GOLD – 2018 International Women’s Wine Competition
GOLD MEDAL – 2018 Sonoma County Harvest Fair
2014 PETIT VERDOT
91 POINTS AND GOLD MEDAL– 2017 Critic’s Challenge International Wine Competition
GOLD MEDAL– 2017 Dan Berger International Wine Competition
GOLD MEDAL – 2016 Grand Harvest Awards
2013 PETIT VERDOT
BEST OF CLASS & DOUBLE GOLD – 2016 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
BEST OF CLASS & DOUBLE GOLD – 2016 Sonoma County Harvest Fair
DOUBLE GOLD – 2015 Grand Harvest Awards
GOLD MEDAL – 2016 Dallas Morning News & TEXSOM Wine Competition
FROM THEDRUNKENCYCLIST.COM – “This is dark, not “it was a dark and stormy night” kinda dark, but more of a Stephen King bring your big-boy pants kinda dark. Big fruit: dark raspberry, blackberry, mocha a go-go. On the palate this is big. Not Tom Hanks kinda big but Cercei Lannister blows up the Great Sept of Baelor kind of big (that was a Game of Thrones reference there for the non-followers–yeah, I am a fan). This is the definition of dark and brooding, at least in color. On the palate, big fruit and plenty of mocha, this might get a holy cow! (Which is just short of a Whoa.) Big and bold, not for the faint of heart. Outstanding. 90-92 Points.” July 22, 2016