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with crisp acidity and a dry

BH:"A highly expressive and complete knockout of a nose is classic Amoureuses as it combines seductive spice and a ripe blend of red

crafted with care and precision

With its balanced character and approachable nature

Sandlands, Mataro 'Contra Costa', 2024 so081925 albamar offer amphorae) to avoid imposing aMataro is the old California name for Mourvedre, and Contra Costa County's sandy Oakley plots are its spiritual home. Tegan Passalacqua's Sandlands version draws from gnarled, head trained, own rooted vines well over a century old, planted in the deep silica sands that protected them from phylloxera and starved them into intensity. Tegan's hand is barely visible: native fermentations, neutral wood, no extraction tricks, just the rugged dark fruited,