Winery - Camellia
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Cabernet Sauvignon dominates and brings lush blackberry fruit and rich tannins. Sangiovese contributes acidity, tartness and a lean but vital quality. There's also the kind of dusty tannins that make your tongue stick to your palate. It's very dry and might improve with mid-term aging.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From a warm part of the appellation comes this soft, simple and dry table wine. Smell like crushed berries, tobacco, and earth, with a waft of vanillin-tinged oak. Drinks very dry and soft. The finish is tart enough to cut through olive oil and cheese.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Smells fruity and big, with briary aromas accompanied by chocolate and mint. Tastes big, too. The melange of berry flavor explodes across the palate, delivering waves of spicy fruit. Very dry. It's a little too soft, and could use more structure, but that's a minor quibble.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Heavy on the palate, with a thick texture and harsh tannins. There are some blackberry flavors, but also a veggie streak and a medicinal taste on the finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Smells like bacon frying in the pan, and if there’s fruit in this wine, it’s effectively buried, so what you get is heat and tannins.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dry, tannic and ungenerous in fruit, leaving behind a puckery, astringent feeling in the mouth. Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Funky, with a definite aroma and taste of bacon grease that could be brett. Underneath that is a dry, fairly tannic wine, with cherry flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dark, with aromas of cardboard, mint and earth. If you swirl it hard, some blackberry notes emerge. In the mouth, it’s dense and dull, stuffed with bitter tannins. The finish is acidic and sharp.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
What is California Sangiovese? This winery answers the question with a bone-dry wine with very soft tannins and acids and earthy flavors of cherry and tobacco. The taste is fine. The problem is the body, which is so soft it’s practically nonexistent.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There's alot of character and punch to this wine, with proper aromas and flavors of well-ripened blackberry and cassis fruit. Be warned, the tannins are hefty, not quite numbing but big, so drink it with rich foods. There's a roughness that might mellow out with some age.
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