The Prisoner Red Blend 2021

The Prisoner Red Blend 2021 is a bold, generous, and unapologetically ripe California red wine. It opens with an expressive bouquet of dried blackberry, dark cherry, roasted fig, and sweet baking spices like clove, cinnamon, and nutmeg, layered with hints of cedar and tobacco leaf. The palate is full-bodied, rich, and plush, delivering luscious flavors of blackberry coulis, ripe raspberry, and dark chocolate. It features soft, rounded tannins and a smooth, vibrant finish with just a touch of residual sweetness.

Food Pairing: This powerful, rich, and slightly sweet-edged blend pairs excellently with robust, flavorful dishes. Try it alongside grilled or smoked meats, barbecue beef ribs topped with sweet or tomato-based sauces, burgers, grilled tri-tip, or hearty comfort foods like bacon-wrapped stuffed dates and smoked sausage with creamy polenta.

95 Points - Cameron Douglas

A bold and expressive bouquet of ripe, fresh and roasted dark berry fruits, licorice and baking spices, toasty barrel smoke, dark plums, clove and blackberry flesh. Complex, youthful and enticing. Full-bodied as the wine touches the palate with a core of richness, spice and power, flavours mirror the bouquet and with a mix of bold polished tannins and backbone of acidity this wine is ready age or drink now. Lengthy complex finish. Well made with best drinking from 2026 through 2036+.