I faced a difficult decision back in 2010 (yeah, right). I was opening about 20 full-bottles of wine a year, but collecting more than 50 bottles. I usually open a half-bottle (375ml), so the full-bottles were starting to stack up. I was faced with getting more storage space or cutting back on my wine clubs. So, this wine was my last wine club shipment from St. Clement before I dropped out of the program. Luckily, I have plenty of St. Clement wines from the three years I was a member to last me for a while. This wine was paired with Salmon, which is probably the perfect red-wine fish. The wine had a nice nose, followed by a vintage-typical palette, leading off with blueberry, blackberry, notes of oak, and slightly spicy tannins. The wine is showing its characteristic balance which makes the Oroppas a pleasure to enjoy in any vintage. If only they would bottle the occasional vintage in half-bottles again.
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