Beautiful Earth is our flagship Paso Robles blend, and it represents the best lots from our favorite Westside vineyards.

Tasting Notes:

Blackberry compote, snappy, freshly picked blueberries, elderberry syrup, pomegranate molasses, peach cobbler, cafè mocha, turbinado sugar, Korean bulgogi. Supple, and generous, broad but lifted, mouth coating yet vibrant, with playful energy and a persistent, juicy finish.

Vinification:

The components were fermented in small open-top bins, concrete, and stainless steel tanks with 10% new oak and 10% whole clusters included. The wine spent 20-35 days on the skins with a combination of pump-overs and punch-downs during fermentation. Aged 18 months in a combination of 265-liter, once and twice-filled barriques, and 500-liter neutral French oak puncheons.

2021 Scores

94 Points, Editor's Choice, Wine Enthusiast - Hearty aromas of roasted and charred fruit meet with caramel, baking spice, and violet on the nose of this blend of 58% Syrah, 20% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre, 6% Zinfandel, 3% Petite Sirah and 3% Graciano. Warm maple and brown-sugar flavors show on the palate, where that dark roasted-fruit flavor picks up cappuccino spice. — Matt Kettmann

93 Points, Robert Parker - It has a nose of baked plums, maraschino cherries, salami, mint chocolate and sage. The full-bodied palate is bursting with concentrated fruit. It has a supple, approachable frame, juicy acidity and a long, spicy finish. It deserves 2-3 years in bottle to unwind. - Erin Brookes

93 Points, Wine Spectator - Spirited and gutsy, with fruit and personality, offering multilayered blackberry, raspberry, licorice and espresso flavors that finish with a smoky meat accent. Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Zinfandel, Petite Sirah and Graciano. Drink now through 2031. - Tim Fish

93 Points, Vinous - The 2021 Red Beautiful Earth stains the glass with its inky dark red and purple hues. This is savory and seductive on the nose, with rich brown spice and grilled herbs accentuating briary wild berries. Silky and seamless on the palate, this impresses with its undeniable elegance and refinement with crisp mineral-laced black fruits and spice. This leaves the palate stained in blue and purple liquid florals and dusty tannins, with a bit of a bitter twang that punctures the experience quite nicely. - Eric Guido