Pure Cru
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Pure Cru 2007 PureCoz Red (Napa Valley)
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- $65
This is a Bordeaux blend based on Cabernet Sauvignon, with a good chunk of Sangiovese. It’s a pleasant, rich wine, tough in tannins and acids, with concentrated cherry pie, blackberry and oak flavors. Doesn’t seem like an ager, so drink now with hearty foods.
— S.H.
(4/1/2012)
Pure Cru 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
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- $42
Classic Napa Valley Cabernet, this is dry, tannic and ripe, with delicious blackberry and cassis liqueur flavors that finish with style and elegance. Scores high in the deliciousness factor, although it’s a bit lacking in substance to age. Drink up over the next year or two.
— S.H.
(7/1/2013)
Pure Cru 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
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- $38
Made with a little Cabernet Franc and Merlot, this is a beautiful wine to drink now, although you might want to give it an hour or two in a decanter. It’s soft and luscious in blackberries, bluberries, currants and mocha, and feels fine through the long, spicy finish.
— S.H.
(4/1/2012)
Pure Cru 2007 Sangio Vetta Sangiovese
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- $25
A little overripe around the edges, with touches of raisins and prunes, but they don’t detract from the wine’s attractions. Dry and smooth in the mouth, its blackberry and anise flavors also feature Sangiovese’s bright acidity. Drink now.
— S.H.
(4/1/2012)
Pure Cru 2009 PureCoz Red (Napa Valley)
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- $65
Here’s a stylish, flashy Napa red that’s ready to drink now, even without decanting. It’s rich and layered with blackberries, cherries and cassis, folded into sweet, soft, complex tannins. It’s a Cabernet Sauvignon-based Bordeaux blend with 14% Sangiovese, which seems to add acidity.
— S.H.
(7/1/2013)
Pure Cru 2009 Sangio Vetta Sangiovese (Napa Valley)
- $28
Tastes considerably fruitier and more full bodied than your typical Sangiovese, no doubt because winemaker Mitch Cosentino added Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc to the blend. The wine retains Sangiovese’s acidity and sour cherry flavors, but the Bordeaux varieties bring layers of blackberries, cassis and chocolate to this dry, elegant wine.
— S.H.
(7/1/2013)
Pure Cru 2010 Purety White (Napa Valley)
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- $22
Blended almost equally with Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, and aged in French oak, this white Bordeaux-style wine has plenty to like. It’s ripe in Meyer lemons, limes, tropical fruits and peaches, brightened with crisp acidity. Finishes a little lush and ripe.
— S.H.
(7/1/2013)
Pure Cru 2010 Chardonnay (Napa Valley)
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- $32
Sweet vanilla, buttered toast and caramel dominate this Chardonnay. It does have some peach and tropical fruit flavors, and is nicely smooth and creamy, but the oak stands out.
— S.H.
(7/1/2013)
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