2022 Aaron Wines Keola Red45% Petite Sirah, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Syrah Central Coast native Aaron Jackson made his first wine in 2002 with a focus on producing powerful, age worthy wines from the rugged hillsides of westside Paso Robles. More than 20 years on he's honed his craft and it shows in this delicious Petite Sirah based blend that massively overdelivers for the price point. This wine is luscious and loaded with flavors of black cherry, cocoa, toasty oak, and

organic conversion farm that sits in what seems to be Champagne's most "in crowd"

not overthought

& 9% Petit Manseng is anything but typical

and 10% Vaccarèse flips the classic Rhône GSM blend on its head

It's a system driven by cost-cutting and cash flow

and sunsets

some crushed stone minerality also peeks through

sun-soaked

Sauvignon Blanc

a printer made a simple mistake and swapped the V for a U on the labels

and ridiculously drinkable at a price that encourages a second glass (or bottle)

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