Marietta Cellars Christo 2019

$22.99

Marietta Cellars from Geyserville, CA produced this Cote du Rhone style wine for us. The wine is a blend of 65% Syrah, 22% Grenache, 10% petite Sirah and 3% Viognier. I love a nice Cote du Rhone and was expecting this wine to be a bit lighter in its body with 22% of it coming from Grenache but boy was I off. This wine pours a lovely dark purple with aromas that show a smokiness and mild notes of prune and dark, rich soil. The flavors are all heavy and dark with ripe plum and dark cherry. The flavors add pepper and black tea with the tannins to match the tea. This wine is not a bad wine but it was a bit heavy and dark in its profile for me to thoroughly enjoy it. I would have rated it higher if it had been even a tad less dark and heavy overall.

Rating 8.5