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Rotta NV Black Monukka

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Price $25

A superrich, fantastically sweet wine. It’s clean and crisp with acidity, and wildly extravagant in orange, apricot, vanilla, butterscotch and white chocolate notes. California’s equivalent of a white Port, and a perfect pairing for cheesecake. — S.H. (12/15/2010)

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Rotta 2003 Black Monukka Dessert Wine Sherry

Price $20

The variety is a table grape grown in California. The winery calls it Sherry, with the qualifier that the barrels were stored in the sun for two years. Not clear if it was invaded with flor, but the wine shows a crisp, Sherried cherry, vanilla and caramel character, sweet and succulent. — S.H. (7/1/2007)

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Rotta 2006 Proprietor's Cabernet Sauvignon (Paso Robles)

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Price $16

Nice and dry, with a silky texture and pleasant blackberry, red currant, tobacco and spice flavors. This is a good price for a Cab of this quality. — S.H. (12/31/2010)

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Rotta 2004 Estate Giubbini Vineyard Zinfandel (Paso Robles)

Price $25

Shows all the marks of being grown in a hothouse, from the cooked, Port taste with its edge of raisins to the high alcohol. But it’s dry. You either like this style, or you don’t. — S.H. (7/1/2007)

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Rotta 2005 Estate Giubbini Vineyard Zinfandel (Paso Robles)

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Price $27

At the age of five years, this Zin is losing its fruit, turning dry and brambly, and the raisins and prunes are showing through. It’s also pretty sharp and prickly. But it does have a certain rustic charm. — S.H. (11/1/2010)

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Rotta 2004 Boneso Vineyard Cabernet Franc (Paso Robles)

Price $22

Country-style defines this pale, easy wine, with its softness and earthiness. There’s modest cherry flavors, with undertones of pomegranate and rhubarb. Seems pricy for what you get. — S.H. (7/1/2007)

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Rotta 2007 Giubbini Vineyard Estate Zinfandel Port (Paso Robles)

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Price $25

Sweet and crisp, but one-dimensional, with chocolate-covered cherry and cassis flavors that finish hot in alcohol. — S.H. (12/31/2010)

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Black Monukka Dessert Wine Boneso Vineyard Estate Giubbini Vineyard Giubbini Vineyard Estate Zinfandel Proprietor's

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Black Monukka Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Port Sherry Zinfandel

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