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Paso Robles Wines Make Wine Enthusiast Top 100Friday, December 22, 2006Three Paso Robles wines made the "Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Wines of 2006" list.EOS' 2004 "Tears of Dew Late Harvest Moscato," a dessert wine that sells for about $22 per bottle, earned a 95-point rating from the magazine. The review stated: "This dessert wine has pushed itself to the front of the line of California sweeties, and the '04 is a great bottling. It's enormously sweet in late-harvest character, with apricot liqueur, pineapple tart and vanilla cream flavors that are brightened and boosted with cleansing acidity." The magazine's staff selected the wines from a pool of 8,000 selections. Linne Calodo's 2005 Contrarian was also named to the list. The white wine sells for around $36 a bottle. The Enthusiast review: "What a complex and interesting blend of Roussanne and Viognier. Opens with a honeyed, marzipan and almond cookie bouquet, but turns surprisingly dry and acidically crisp in the mouth, with Meyer lemon, vanilla, gingerbread and Asian spice flavors." The Contrarian earned a 94-point rating. Treana's 2003 Mer Soleil Vineyard Viognier-Marsanne, made with grapes from Monterey County, also made the list. The white wine sells for around $25 per bottle. According to the Enthusiast, the 94-point wine is one of the best Rhone whites in California. The review goes on to state: "The '03 is an amazing wine. It displays the fresh, keen acidity of the vineyard, which grows no reds, and detonates on the palate with tremendous apricot, papaya, mango, pineapple, tangerine, peach and mineral flavors. It's basically dry, although there's a touch of botrytis honey." Article: Wine Enthusiast fetes three Paso wines The Tribune, Leah Etling Tags: San Luis Obispo Central Coast Wine Labels: Central Coast Wine, EOS Estate Winery, Linne Calodo, Paso Robles Wineries, Treana, Wine Enthusiast |
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