Chacewater
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Chacewater 2008 O-Eight Headache! Red (Red Hills Lake County)
- $33
A challenging name for a pretty good wine, given the frost and smoke issues so many North Coast producers faced in 2008, not to mention consumers’ tendency to stay away from wines that might give them headaches. This 50% Petite Sirah-based blend (there’s Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon, too) is a sledgehammer of a wine, all savory leather and dark blue fruit, with a…
— V.B.
(6/1/2012)
Chacewater 2009 Petite Sirah (Red Hills Lake County)
- $18
A brawny, dusty Petite with ripe flavors of plum and black fruit enveloped by sticky tannins.
— V.B.
(6/1/2012)
Chacewater 2011 Rosé
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- $15
Lake County producer Chacewater has made a pleasant, refreshing rosé from 100% Syrah. It’s dark in color, with tastes of watermelon, ripe peach and tropical fruit. Intensely textured and full bodied in mouthfeel, it emphasizes its flavors through to the finish.
— V.B.
(12/31/2012)
Chacewater 2010 Zinfandel
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- $18
This is full of sweet-tasting blackberry, raspberry and vanilla flavors, with a backbeat of dusty tannins. It’s medium bodied with decent structure, and the finish features with notes of smoke and tar.
— V.B.
(2/1/2013)
Chacewater 2011 Sauvignon Blanc (Lake County)
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- $14
Made from organically grown grapes, this crisp white flirts dangerously with herb and grass tones—what is often called gooseberry—before settling down. It’s quite drinkable, if a bit heavy on the finish.
— V.B.
(10/1/2012)
Chacewater 2009 Malbec (Red Hills Lake County)
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- $18
Smelling of coconut on the nose, this Malbec is good, like a big mouthful of cherry pie.
— V.B.
(8/1/2012)
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