2017 Patelin de Tablas
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The Tablas Creek Vineyard Patelin de Tablas is a blend of four red Rhône varietals: Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Counoise. The wine incorporates fruit from several of the top Rhône vineyards in Paso Robles, each vineyard selected for its quality. Like many red wines from the Rhône Valley, it is based on the dark fruit, mineral and spice of Syrah, with the brightness and fresh acidity of Grenache, the structure and meatiness of Mourvèdre and a small addition of Counoise for complexity.
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91 Points; "Fine-grained tannins contribute shape and grip to a lively, persistent finish": Vinous (Feb. 2020)
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93 Points; "fresh herb, garrigue and dried blackberry with lively acidity" purely domestic wine report (Jan. 2020)
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90+? Points; "intense and earthy with juicy acidity and a long, berry-laced finish.": Wine Advocate (Oct. 2019)
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92 points; "a great core of black plum and dark berry": Wine Enthusiast (Sep. 2019)
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91 Points; "Lithe and expressive, with elegantly layered raspberry, garrigue and pepper notes": Wine Spectator (Aug. 2019)
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91 Points; "nicely balanced with a supple texture": BevX (Jun. 2019)
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93 Points; "silky and bright with tangy, juicy cherry and raspberry fruit, charming and balanced": Blue Lifestyle (Apr. 2019)
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Outstanding/Outstanding Plus Potential; "great underlying structure and promises additional complexities over many years into the future": The Underground Wine Letter (Apr. 2019)
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90-92 points; "Broad, supple and appealingly sweet, showing impressive depth and intensity": Vinous (Sep. 2018)
Tasting Notes
A lovely nose, very Syrah, of pine forest, pancetta, blackberry, and dried herbs. The mouth is juicier than the nose suggests, with smoky blackberry, licorice root, crushed rock, and saddle leather, with chalky tannins and flavors of black cherry and freshly turned earth that come out on the finish. Delicious now, but still fleshing out, and with the substance and balance to age for up to a decade.
Technical Details
Appellation
- Paso Robles
Technical Notes
- 13.0% Alcohol by Volume
- 3580 Cases Produced
Blend
- 48% Syrah
- 32% Grenache
- 16% Mourvedre
- 4% Counoise
Recipes & Pairings
Recipe Suggestions
Food Pairings
- Grilled meats
- Pastas with meat sauces
- Roast pork loin
- Beef stews
- Beef or pork stir fries
Production Notes
Grapes for the Patelin de Tablas are sourced from four regions in Paso Robles. Three are limestone-rich: the warmer, higher-elevation Adelaida Hills near Tablas Creek, the cool, coastal-influenced Templeton Gap to our south, and the moderate, hilly El Pomar to our south-east. These regions provide structured, mineral-laced fruit and excellent acidity. We also source fruit from the warmer heartland of the Paso Robles AVA: the Estrella District, whose mixed sandy loam soils produce juicy, darkly-fruited Syrah.
The 2017 vintage saw our drought end with a bang, as we received 43 inches of rain and saw our rainiest month ever in January. The wet soils delayed budbreak to a normal time frame, and produced such a healthy vineyard that we saw canopy sizes and cane lengths we hadn’t seen in years. The summer began relatively cool, but was punctuated by two heat spikes, one in early July and the other in late August, that accelerated ripening and produced intense flavors. The resulting vintage shows the health of the vines with a combination of concentration and freshness, with bright acids framing powerful fruit.
All varietals for the Patelin de Tablas were fermented in a mix of upright oak fermenters and stainless steel tanks and aged in wooden uprights, it was bottled in July 2018 and has been aging in bottle since.