Summer Bucket List Reds

Cuvée du Vatican Réserve de l’Abbé is a full-bodied red wine with heady, ripe cherry and strawberry aromas, plus notes of licorice and wild herbs. The palate is rich and round, with more red-fruit flavors and a long, powerful

Red meats (i.e. game, lamb), charcuterie, vegetarian stews, turkey, pork.

Saracosa Governo is a medium- to full-bodied red wine with ripe, red-fruit aromas, supported by toasty oak and sweet spice notes. Rich and well-rounded, the palate offers intense black cherry, chocolate raisin and vanilla oak flavors.

Pizza and pastas (esp. with red sauce), steak, veal, dark-meat chicken, barbecue, lamb, aged cheeses.

RedHeads 1888 is a full-bodied red wine, with aromas of ripe red and black fruit, plus baking spice notes. On the palate, enjoy layers of rich black currant and blackberry, accented by toasty vanilla-spice, integrated tannins and a long, smooth finish.

Beef, lamb, game, burgers, meaty pasta, aged cheeses.

Château Viel Orme is a medium-bodied red blend with ripe red berry, cherry and mint aromas. Open and expressive, the palate has velvety soft red-fruit flavors, fine, silky tannins and a long finish.

Steak, burgers, barbecue, pork, duck, roasted vegetables, aged cheeses.

Touché Merlot is a barrel-aged, medium- to full-bodied red wine with expressive aromas of black cherry, spiced plum, cedar and vanilla. Its lush palate presents a balance of similar cherry, raspberry and black plum flavors held in by supple tannins.

Steak, burgers, barbecue, pork, duck, roasted vegetables, aged cheeses