December 20, 2019

VALDUBÓN Reserva Vino Tinto 2014

(Ribera del Duero, Spain) $31

Earthy, soft, and mouthfilling, with delicious notes of vanilla and cherries. Utterly easy to drink.

88 points KM

Available at Solano Cellars

Compared in size to the Napa Valley, Bordeaux is:

A. Eight times larger than the Napa Valley

B. Two times larger than the Napa Valley

C. About the same size as the Napa Valley

D. Half as big as the Napa Valley

Bordeaux is one of the largest fine wine regions in the world. By comparison, the Napa Valley is tiny. With fewer than 50,000 acres of vines, Napa Valley produces just 4 percent of all the wine made in California.

“We entered the wine industry when there were no wine magazines, no wine critics, no 100-point scale—all 23 of us vintners in the Napa Valley in the 1960s. What we learned, we learned from the vineyard itself. Back then, it seemed like less was better.”

— Janet Trefethen (Trefethen Family Vineyards is 50 years old this year)

VALDUBÓN Reserva Vino Tinto 2014

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