This is the good stuff. Don't miss our 50% discount on estate grown Tempranillo from Twisted Oak Winery!
We're delighted to welcome Twisted Oak Winery to our Insider Deals, especially when we they've brought a savory Tempranillo that is both true to the variety and has a little age on it (can you say Rioja?).
The winery is based in the Sierra Foothills of California, an area home to some amazing values on delicious wines (just ask our friends at Scott Harvey or Andis Wines), and this wine hits all the right notes. Here's a bit of history of how it came to be:
We’re often asked what the background of Twisted Oak is, to which we invariably reply, “The Sierra Nevada, of course!” If we are pressed further, we are forced to admit that Twisted Oak Winery is the culmination of a delusion, er, vision by Jeff and Mary Stai. The vision was of a terroir based winery making superior, hand crafted, yummy wines, and then having more Twisted fun than anyone in the industry selling them.
Jeff and Mary found 120 acres just outside Murphys in the Sierra Foothills at nearly 2000 feet elevation. It is there that they planted 10 acres of vineyards in Tempranillo, Grenache, Graciano, and Touriga Naçional to take advantage of the continental Mediterranean soil types and climate. It is on top of this property, with an amazing view of the Sierra, where the state-of-the-art, no-pumpover, four-level gravity flow winery was built. When completed in 2004 it included open-tank, stainless steel fermenters along with our own 300-foot barrel cave. This was all under the watchful eye of a 350-year-old California Blue Oak tree that not only is our namesake, but also adorns every Twisted Oak bottle.
Whatever the formula Jeff & Mary have devised for Twisted Oak, it has been validated by the hundreds of consumers that buy us out of wine each and every year. Twisted Oak Winery has also received accolades by publications and competitions which have graced us with many scores of 90 or above. We think the Wine Enthusiast put it best “The gang at Twisted Oak Winery are taking winemaking in this area to the next level…” Cheers! And always, keep it Twisted! Twisted Oak Winery!
This Tempranillo is a wonderful example of the high quality wines they produce (while also having a lot of fun). Just 290 cases were made and we put it at a high 9 on our Taste Rating scale, giving it 92-93 points.
The best part? Normally retailing for $35 a bottle, through today's deal you can get it for HALF OFF…
For the next two days you can get 4 bottles of the 2018 Twisted Oak Tempranillo for just $69.95 ($17.49/bottle). That's a discount of 50%!
This 4-pack deal is available to ship to the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV and WY. (These states are dependent on the offering winery/licensee and are not representative of all our deals. Every deal can have different, sometimes more, sometimes less, states available.)
Shipping is a flat $6.99 per order, no matter how many 4-packs you buy. Packages ship in cardboard (no styrofoam). Read on for our full review. Unless it sells out sooner, this limited time, winery direct offer ends in just...
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From the winery:
Tempranillo! The grape that made Calaveras County famous!
Tempranillo! Ten years ago you couldn’t even say “Tem-prah-NEE-yoh” and now, you - ladies and gentlemen - from what was only an inarticulate mass of Cab-swirling tissue, I give you a Cultured, Sophisticated Tempranillo lover about town!
Varietal: Estate grown Tempranillo
Appellation: Sierra Foothills
Aging: 70% older neutral oak, 30% mix of American and European oak
Produced and Bottled by Twisted Oak Winery
14.5% Alcohol
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And now on to our review:
The 2018 Twisted Oak Tempranillo opens with an attractive aroma of black cherry, spice and balsamic plus a little vanilla and licorice, a bit of leather and lots of other secondary touches that come from a wine with some age on it.
Taking a sip reveals a balanced, smooth and savory wine with similar flavors to the nose. It does need a little time to open up but then it's really delicious. This is lovely stuff!
It ends dry, long and a bit grippy on the finish. This is a savory example of Tempranillo staying quite true to the variety. It was just as good on day 2.
Cheers,
Jon
2018 TWISTED OAK TEMPRANILLO
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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