Quinta Cruz Alta Mesa Silvaspoons Souzão – 2009 – 9.1 – James Meléndez

This wine is 12.5% alcohol content.  Souzão also spelled Sousão coming from well known 300 acre Silvaspoons vineyard in Lodi’s Alta Mesa sub AVA

Sousão can be termed as a wine giving rustic flavour characteristcs and raisin. I don’t like to use the term raisin because that could be mistaken for wines imparting a flavour characteristic from raisined Saozao berries not picked out on sorting table.

Scent is fresh and clean, newly sanded cedar, forest floor and bramble patch. Flavour characterisitics of tart cherry, Acai, chocolate, Malabar pepper and Tamarind.

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Fenestra Livermore Valley Port 2004 – 9.1 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Varietals:

• Touriga – 34%
• Tempranillo – 26%
• Tinto Cão – 20%
•  Souzão. – 20%

Confit of blueberry-blackberry, vanilla, dried Turkish fig and hibiscus.

JF Lurton Quinta do Malho Douro Red – 2007 – 9.2 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Varietals:

• Tinta Amarela
• Souzão

Lush fruit melding into  a dry yet decisive wine; completeness in structure; cherry, plum, blueberry Confit, Cinnamon and nutmeg, and maitake mushroom; aromas of violets, late summer moist orchard, and suede.

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Murrieta’s Well Livermore Zarzuela Red Blend – 2007 – 8.8 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

69% Tempranillo, 20% Touriga, 8% Petite Sirah, 3% Souzao; raspberry, Chanterlle mushroom and chile Nuevo Mexico.

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Murrieta’s Well Livermore Zarzuela Red Blend – 2007 – 8.8 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy – 8.8

69% Tempranillo, 20% Touriga, 8% Petite Sirah, 3% Souzao; Oaxacan simmering spices, red-black cherry, Thyme and scent of dry land after rain.

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Bray Vineyeard Shenandoah Valley Vinho Tinto – 2006 – 8.7 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

This wine contains the following varietals Tinta Cao, Touriga Nacional, Souzao, Tinta Roriz,  and Alvarelhao.  This wine has a nice tannic and acid structure perfect for beef and tomato based sauces.  Presented with notes of ground red pepper, raspberry, crimini mushroom and leaves on the ground in an early autumn forest.

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St. Amant Amador County Vintage Port – 2006 – 9.1 – James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez

St. Amant produces quite nice Lodi wines and I have to say their vintage Port was such a nice homage to the mothership’s Port.  This wine is not just a fortified wine but a wine utilizing Portuguese varietals: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinta Roriz, Souzao, Tinta Cao, and Bastardo.  This wine presents with honeyed blueberry-blackberry notes with ground allspice.

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