The Whitman Express The Conductor Red Blend

6 bottles for $54.99 $9.17/bottle + $1.33/bottle shipping Case of 12 for $89.99 $7.50/bottle + $1/bottle shipping Tasting notes & discussion 19

Typically $25/bottle from The Whitman Express
Vintage 2014 with 74% Sonoma Valley, 21% Dry Creek Valley, 5% Alexander Valley
48% Zinfandel, 27% Sangiovese, 25% Merlot
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About The Whitman Express
“In 1881, Madrone Vineyards owner George Whitman granted a portion of his vineyard land to the Sonoma-Santa Rosa Railway. A historic train, “The Whitman Express”, brought passengers between San Francisco and Santa Rosa and played a pivotal role in the development of Sonoma. We pay tribute to the entrepreneurial spirit of this California wine pioneer with The Whitman Express.”

The Whitman Expressionist

TASTING NOTES:
“This distinctive Sonoma County red blend shows notes of violet and raspberry, balanced with clove and cherries on the nose. Finely textured tannins lead to lingering flavors of cherry and hints of oak barrel nuance in the finish.” (AbV 14.8%, pH 3.84, TA 6 g/L, RS 0.556)

BARRELS:
15 months in American, French, and Hungarian oak, 20% new and 80% neutral oak.

TANGENTIALLY RELATED FACT to help you make conversation over this wine:
Expressionism as an art style began around the early 20th century, primarily within Germany where industrialization contributed to a sense of dehumanization. This led to art that tried to distance itself from culture and realism as a whole, focusing more on abstract, subjective, and extremely emotional, or perhaps expressive, portrayals. In many ways the movement seemed to shun traditional senses of beauty, whether in painting highly warped spaces and figures or in music like that of Arnold Schoenberg, who popularized atonal composition.

The Whitman Express The Conductor Red Blend

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