The 2013 Cuvée Alis Estate (66% Grenache, 22% Mourvèdre and 12% Syrah) is a hefty, high-octane style (15.6% alcohol) with loads of kirsch liqueur, pepper, lavender, earth and underbrush. It is Provençal, deep, full-bodied, and a total lusty treat. Drink it over the next 5-6 years. - Robert M. Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate, Issue #223, March 2016
Accolades
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2013 Cuvée Alis, Sonoma Valley, Amapola Creek Estate Vineyard
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2013 Petite Sirah, Sonoma Valley, Monte Rosso Vineyard
Lastly, the Petite Sirah is another wonderful wine coming from the Gallo-owned Monte Rosso Vineyards. The 2013 Petite Sirah Monte Rosso Vineyard is a tiny production of 100% Petite Sirah and realistically priced. This wine offers terrific lead pencil notes intermixed with camphor, asphalt, blueberry and blackberry liqueur. The wine is full-bodied, super-rich and extracted, but has no hard edges, which is somewhat surprising, given its richness. It should drink well for 20-30 years as well. - Robert M. Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate, Issue #223, March 2016
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The Wine Advocate, Mar 2016: USA, Northern California: Part III - Focusing Primarily on Sonoma March 4, 2016
"It’s hard to believe that Dick Arrowood, who starred at Château St. Jean in the 1970s, has logged 50 years of winemaking in Northern California, primarily in Sonoma. He pretty much put Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese-styled Rieslings on the map, developed an ambitious program at Château St. Jean for single vineyard Chardonnays, and gets little credit as one of the early pioneers and believers in the Rhône Ranger movement. I had a chance to taste with him at his winery just north of Sonoma, and there’s no resting on his laurels, even after a career that started in 1965 and continues 50+ years later." -eRobertParker.com #223 Mar 2016
90 Points – 2015 Amapola Creek Rose Cuvée, Sonoma Valley, Estate Vineyard95 Points – 2015 Amapola Creek Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, Jos. Belli Vineyards95 Points – 2014 Amapola Creek Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, Jos. Belli Vineyards90 Points – 2014 Amapola Creek Cuvée Alis, Sonoma Valley, Estate Vineyard92 Points – 2013 Amapola Creek Cuvée Alis, Sonoma Valley, Estate Vineyard94 Points – 2014 Amapola Creek Zinfandel, Sonoma Valley, Monte Rosso Vineyard95 Points – 2013 Amapola Creek Zinfandel, Sonoma Valley, Monte Rosso Vineyard96 Points – 2013 Amapola Creek Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Valley, Estate Vineyard90-92 Points – 2014 Amapola Creek Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Valley, Estate Vineyard90-92 Points – 2014 Amapola Creek Petite Sirah, Sonoma Valley, Monte Rosso Vineyard93 Points – 2013 Amapola Creek Petite Sirah, Sonoma Valley, Monte Rosso Vineyard
