Tasting - Trentadue Old Patch Red

Name: Trentadue Old Patch Red

Variety: Non-Varietal Red Blend

Region: Sonoma County

Country: United States

Year: 2011

Price: $13.95

Wintery Review: "This field-style blend of Petite Sirah and Zinfandel is super-jammy, with jellied flavors of raspberries, cherries, blueberries, blackberries, and loganberries. It's a fun, fairly complicated wine that finishes dry and tannic." 

My review: The Trentadue had a plethora of aromas that was hard to distinguish just by smell alone. I could deduce what I was smelling was of berries, but only because I had read what the wine was supposed to taste like per the review. I probably would not have been able to decisively articulate what I smelled without at least an idea. As for the taste, the wine review was accurate in describing the variety of berry flavors presented in a dry wine. My first sip was reminiscent of the blackberry acidity of the Domaine de la Guicharde, although I could tell there was more flavors hidden away. I cleansed my palate with a morsel of bread provided by the Vintage Cellar, and my second sip was different than the first. The second gripped my soft palate with a numbing dryness. It was not a subtle taste, but the second taste hinted of raspberries instead of blackberries (it was less of a deep, rich sour). If I had to distinguish between this Trentadue and the previous La Posta with two sips only, I probably would not be able to do so. What I remember from this wine specifically was that it was almost exactly like the previous and that still I did not enjoy it as much as the Domaine de la Guicharde.... but that is not to say I would not like to give this one a try again.