Aaron KEOLA Red 2023

Name: Aaron KEOLA Red 2023 | Bine & Vine
Brand: California
Price: 33.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

$33.99

Paso Robles

Each vintage, our “second” wine KEOLA is composed of barrels and lots from the same vineyards that make up our top-tier AARON wines. We don’t purchase inexpensive or lower quality fruit for this cuvee, rather it is comprised of extra barrels that simply don’t find their way into the our top cuvees.

This means that it is always a wine that massively over delivers for the price, with a similar pedigree and attention to detail as our flagship AARON wines, but at a more approachable price point for everyday drinking.

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Categories: California, Other California, Red, Red Blend, Region, Wine Tags: Aaron Wines, B&V Wine Club, California, Paso Robles, Red Blend

Aaron KEOLA Red 2023

WINEMAKING NOTES
Each of the vineyard lots were hand picked and sorted twice prior to processing into small open top fermentors. The fruit was cold-soaked for 4 days, followed by a warm (82-92F) fermentation for a total of 25-30 days of skin contact. Extraction is performed by a series of early pumpovers, followed by hand punchdowns twice daily. Petite Sirah and Cabernet Sauvignon are always 100% destemmed, while the Syrah were fermented with 15-50% whole clusters. Lots were pressed directly to French oak barrels and puncheons, 40% new for 18 months of elevage without racking. The wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered.

TASTING NOTES
Juicy, red-fruited notes of redcurrant, raspberry coulis, and morello cherry mingle with herbal and aromatic undertones of graphite, black pepper, and sweet oak. Medium to full bodied on the attack, it layers fresh currant and plum with cedar, allspice, and a touch of oregano. Buoyed by limestone-driven acidity, it carries tremendous energy through the palate, finishing long and fresh with toasty oak and perky, youthful tannins.

TECHNICAL DATA
Blend: 45% Petite Sirah, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Syrah
Elevage: 40% new French oak 225L, 300L, and 400L barrels for 18 months
Alcohol: 14.5%
Production: 580 cases

Reviews

Wine Enthusiast – “Dark aromas of acai and blueberry are quite intense and extracted on the nose of this blend of 45% Petite Sirah, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Syrah, yet freshness is retained. There is unrelenting power on the palate, where blueberry, black cherry, vanilla and clove flavors get wrapped in sandy tannins.” (93 Pts)

Jeb Dunnuck – “A good value, the 2023 Aaron KEOLA Red offers juicy darker fruits, peppery herbs, and sappy, floral notes. Based on 45% Petite Sirah, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 25% Syrah aged 18 months in 25% new French oak, it’s medium to full-bodied, ripe, round, and supple, with no hard edges. This is a pleasure-bent, impeccably made red to drink over the coming 5-6 years. Drink 2025-2031.” (92 Pts)