Cruse Wine Company Alder Springs Tannat, 2017 Italy with thin skin

with thin skin

black spiced cherries

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Paso Robles

Cultivation has always been exclusively limited to the Province of Oristano

Cruse Wine Company Alder Springs Tannat, 2017 Italy with thin skinTannat is a strong grape with tough tannins and deep dark hues. Cruse has wrangled this beast of a grape into a deliciously balanced and striking example of elegance. 100% Tannat from the impeccably farmed Alder Springs vineyard in Mendocino County. Its a young vineyard, planted at a high elevation on a steep southern slope. The combination of elevation and distance from the coast allows the Tannat to fully ripen, softening its rough edges. Mendocino