D.H. Elliott California BX 2017
About the wine
It's Bordeaux - with a delicious Cali spin
- It's 5 Bordeaux wines in one – with a backbone of rich Cabernet from California's Lake County (aka Napa North). Top-tier Lodi Merlot adds supple spice and juicy fruits, like black cherries and plum. Cab Franc and Petit Verdot make it robust and inky – and the Malbec smooths out every sip.
- ... and it's made with one-of-a-kind California flair, thanks to DH – your Angel-funded winemaker who loves world-class fruit as much as a world-class deal. With your support, he called on his connections to haul in the best fruit in the state!
- Cali's climate gives this traditional blend a crazy amount of oomph – it's not the French wine you know. It's more rebellious, more robust... and it's gonna be great with steak frites.
Best before
It does not require aging, but it will evolve and acquire bottle bouquet over the next few years.
Serving advice
Serve at 60-65ºF. Often that requires 10-15 minutes in the fridge prior to opening.
Food match
I like to pair this kind of wine with a marbled steak. The tannin and the fattiness play off each other, cleansing the palate between bites and accentuating the fruit in the wine.
Contains sulphites
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - D.H. Elliott
- D.H. is the man behind the curtain - the seasoned winemaker who’s spent over 40 years and 50 harvests crafting everyday brands for huge chains like Total Wines and BevMo.
- No doubt, with all that experience, Dave’s made hundreds of wine connections. And he's leaning on them to find you the top California wines at best deal – he promises you'll never pay over $15 per bottle! Great wine, he says, can be easy on your pocketbook. Now that’s a winemaker to love.
- He’s been lucky enough to see dozens of countries as a winemaker, crossing the equator every year for work. And with Angels’ help, he’s making wine under his own label for the very first time… after 4 decades in the biz, it’s a brave new world!
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