Casa Barranca
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Casa Barranca 2004 Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
- Editors' Choice
- $20
Showing plenty of Santa Rita character at a fair price, this wine sure did get ripe during this hot vintage. It’s showing powerfully extracted cherry pie, rosehip tea and coffee-cola flavors that flood the mouth, yet is dry and silky, with an elegant delicacy.
— S.H.
(7/1/2006)
Casa Barranca 2004 Chardonnay (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $20
It’s refreshing to find this kind of high acidity in a California Chard, but that doesn’t mean that this is a rich, fruity wine. It’s tart in mineral and lime flavors, with a very dry finish. Try with mussels or oysters.
— S.H.
(7/1/2006)
Casa Barranca 2006 Wulf Vineyard Viognier (Madera)
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- $22
Flavor is what it’s all about in this exuberant Viognier, which comes from the Central Valley. Peaches, pineapples, nectarines, kumquats, kiwi fruit, spicy mango, even a note of butter-sautéed bananas and a splash of rum and cola. Brisk acidity adds balance to this attractively dry wine.
— S.H.
(11/1/2007)
Casa Barranca 2005 La Encantada Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $33
This is an o.k. Pinot Noir. On the plus side is the silky texture and rich flavors of cherries, cola and oak-infused vanilla. On the minus is a certain simple one-dimensionality.
— S.H.
(11/1/2007)
Casa Barranca 2003 Barrel Select Syrah
- $15
Full-bodied and dry, this nice Syrah has a streak of ripe plum and blackberry fruit, with a spicy finish. It will be good with lamb or steak.
— S.H.
(7/1/2006)
Casa Barranca 2004 Syrah (Santa Barbara County)
- $22
Well-structured and dry, this Syrah shows flavors of dried plums, cherries, herbs and tobacco, and is firm in tannins. Finishes with a scour of white pepper.
— S.H.
(11/1/2007)
Casa Barranca 2004 Bungalow Red Syrah-Grenache (Santa Barbara County)
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- $15
A Syrah-Grenache blend that’s dry and rustically tannic, with a gritty, chewy feeling, and explosively ripe cherry, plum and cocoa flavors. This is a country-style wine that’s looking for country-style stews and roasts.
— S.H.
(8/1/2006)
Casa Barranca 2003 Craftsman Red Cabernet Sauvignon
- $15
Rather tough and rustic, this Cab has a raw, sharp mouthfeel, although the fruit is very ripe and almost sweet in blackberries, cherries and mocha.
— S.H.
(12/1/2005)
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