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Doohickey California Red Blend 2021
California
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- Silver, Sunset International Wine Competition, 2023
Back for a third vintage is this premium Californian red from a secret cellar whose normal wines start at double this price. Rich, ripe and aged in the finest oak casks, Doohickey delivers wave after wave of blackberry and blackcurrant flavour.
Back for a third vintage is this premium Californian red from a secret cellar whose normal wines start at double this price. Rich, ripe and aged in the finest oak casks, Doohickey delivers wave after wave of blackberry and blackcurrant flavour.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Blackcurrant, blackberry and vanilla with a hint of violets
Aroma
Spicy bramble fruit with floral notes
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
Despite the then-ongoing pandemic, wildfires and a state-wide drought, California’s winemakers say the 2021 vintage will be one of the best in recent memory. Lower yields and smaller berries led to all varieties showing greater flavour concentration, resulting in deeper, richer fruit in this remarkable red. Doohickey is crafted exclusively for us at a top Californian winery which we’re not allowed to name. If their regular customers saw the price of this red, they’d be up in arms and we’d never secure this deal again. The wine delivers mouthfuls of blackcurrant and bramble fruit mingling with notes of toasty oak. A perfect red to open when you have friends round, it’s especially good with lamb – from spicy tagine to moussaka.
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