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Brutocao 2005 Quadriga Red (Mendocino)

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Price $24

This Italian-inspired blend from Brutocao gets better every vintage. The 2005 contains Primitivo, Sangiovese, Dolcetto and Barbera. With a rich earthy, mushroomy, leathery quality to the cherry-blackberry fruit, it has a great balance of acids and tannins, and finishes bone dry. Ideal across a wide variety of foods. — S.H. (6/1/2008)

Brutocao 2003 Riserva d'Argento Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley)

Price $32

This is a super-drinkable Pinot. It’s delicately structured, silky and dry, with complex flavors of cherries, cola and spices and a rich coat of smoky oak. The finish is long in sweet raisins and cassis. Each sip makes you want another. — S.H. (11/1/2005)

Brutocao 1998 Riserva d'Argento Merlot (Mendocino)

Price $32

Very nice, very dry wine, and one that shows Mendocino’s promise with this grape. Pronounced aromas of new French oak are sweet and smoky and full of char and vanilla, and complement a rich earthiness in the mouth. The wine is not too fruity but suggest blackberries. The tannins are dry and dusty and provide a chewy mouthfeel. —S.H. — S.H. (5/1/2002)

Brutocao 1996 Brutocao Vineyards Merlot (Mendocino)

Price $18

This winery’s flagship wine hits paydirt with plenty of violet, plum and blackberry aromas and flavors. Drinks rich and dry. The wine has a real personality that must come from this particular vineyard. Such a pretty finish; real quality here. — S.H. (3/1/2000)

Brutocao 1999 Riserva d'Argento Chardonnay (Mendocino)

Price $24

From the Sanel Valley, an inland region near Ukiah that produces good, crisp, dry white wines. This one has lemony, buttery and wildflower aromas, and drinks full and rich. The fruit flavors are bright and buttery in this assertive wine, which has a good structure and is frankly delicious. —S.H. — S.H. (5/1/2002)

Brutocao 2003 Riserva d'Argento Merlot (Mendocino)

Price $34

I like this Merlot for its full-bodied richness and depth of flavor. It’s so much better than the ’02. With 15% Cabernet, it’s almost a full point higher in alcohol than the winery’s Bliss Merlot, and it shows in the opulent, fat blackberry, blueberry and cassis flavors. — S.H. (12/15/2006)

Brutocao 2007 Feliz Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc (Mendocino)

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Price $14

Quite a fine Sauvignon Blanc, racy and delicately structured but rich, with mineral-laden citrus and lemongrass flavors. The acidity is the best part, tart and mouth-watering. This is Brutocao’s best Sauvignon Blanc ever. — S.H. (11/15/2008)

Brutocao 2004 Quadriga Red (Mendocino)

Price $24

Ripe and juicy, a deliciously balanced wine. It’s an Italian Mediterranean blend of Sangiovese, Primitivo, Barbera and Dolcetto, one of the only ones of its type I know of in California. There should be more. — S.H. (7/1/2007)

Most Reviewed Varietals [All]

Barbera Cabernet Sauvignon Chardonnay Italian Red Merlot Pinot Noir Port Blend Red Blend Sauvignon Blanc Shiraz/Syrah Zinfandel

Most Reviewed Regions

Anderson Valley Mendocino Mendocino County

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