Jonata, El Desafio de Jonata other_regions_australia with a vanilla

with a vanilla

One of the top eight or so Brunellos of the 2013 vintage

but they are now all there front and center

offering sweet black raspberry and floral pastille flavors braced by smoky minerality

and is nicely defined

Jonata, El Desafio de Jonata other_regions_australia with a vanillaProbably the longest lived wine in the vintage from Santa Barbara, Jonata's 630 case 2012 El Desafio de Jonata checks in as a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Cabernet Franc, 15% Petit Verdot and 5% Merlot that saw 80% new French oak. It reveals a masculine, meaty, structured personality as well as rockin' notes of blackcurrants, wood smoke, lead pencil shavings and crushed rock. Full bodied, balanced and with building tannic grip, it still shows