Smashberry Red Blend

Tasting notes & discussion 21

About Smashberry

Typically $15/bottle from Miller Family Wine Company
Vintage 2018 from Paso Robles
Available for AZ; CA; CO; DC; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; KS; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; NE; NH; NM; NV; NY; OR; PA; SC; TX; WA; WY
Sold by Miller Family Wine Company, fulfilled by Wine Country Connect
Packages have been upgraded to 2-day transit for increased protection. This will last throughout summer.

About Smashberry
“Clinging to tradition is not what fires the imagination of the winemakers at Smashberry. We are dedicated to bringing you untraditional, unpredictable, and unparalleled flavors. Our unique and distinctive Smashberry blends produce flavors quite unlike anything you’ve ever tasted. Creatively blending multiple grape varieties, our winemaker seeks to smash old paradigms and establish bold new ones.“

Super Smashberry Melee

TASTING NOTES:
“The 2018 Smashberry Red is Cabernet dominant, with cassis, blackberry and sweet pipe tobacco. Hints of grape cotton-candy from the Grenache, and dense structure from the rare Lagrein grape. Delicious from first sip to the last, the wine finishes with red & blackberry fruits, and sweet black grape.” (AbV 13.9%, pH 3.63, TA 6.48 g/L)

BARRELS:
9 months in French and American oak.

TANGENTIALLY RELATED FACT to help you make conversation over this wine:
Fighting games are interesting. You would think that when a new version of a game comes out, people would move to that one. It’s more modern, it’s got presumably more horsepower and better graphics and perhaps better programing. Maybe more characters? Well, the thing is that those aspects, as important as they can be, always take a backseat to one in particular: gameplay. It’s what keeps the players playing! And fighting games are one of those genres that really exemplifies this. Nintendo’s own fighting game Super Smash Bros. has had 5 iterations, and the most popular ones you see at tournaments or getting streamed? The second one and the fifth one. People swear by the second one. It does not die.

PAIRS WITH (winery recommended):
Prime Rib, BLT, or your favorite Grilled Cheese sandwich.

OR (really-going-with-the-theme-option):
No items, Final Destination.

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