2007 Sanguis Backseat Betty
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The 2007 Red Wine Backseat Betty is a big, racy wine loaded with bright red fruit, raspberry jam, flowers and spices. It shows tons of depth and textural richness along with silky tannins and excellent balance. Backseat Betty is 83% Syrah, 14% Grenache and 3% Viognier, aged predominantly in new French oak barrels.
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The 2007 Red Wine Backseat Betty is a big, racy wine loaded with bright red fruit, raspberry jam, flowers and spices. It shows tons of depth and textural richness along with silky tannins and excellent balance. Backseat Betty is 83% Syrah, 14% Grenache and 3% Viognier, aged predominantly in new French oak barrels. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2017. Sanguis was founded by Matthias Pippig and his wife Jamie Kinser in 2004. These artisan, small production wines are made from top vineyard sources in a style that emphasizes textural richness and depth. Each wine is a unique, unto itself creation down to the blends, names and labels. The best wines are quite promising and bode well for the future. Tel. (805) 686-3086
Similar to the Novillero with its eclectic blend of 83% Syrah, 14% Grenache, and 3% Viognier, the 2007 Sanguis Backseat Betty, aged 32 months in 65% new French oak, shows a much darker profile with earthy blackberry, crème de cassis, espresso roast, charred meat, and touches of leather on the nose. Light and deft on the palate, with medium to full body, great acidity, and ultra fine-grained tannin on the finish, this beauty should evolve and age gracefully over the next 10 to 15 years.