2018 Bonterra Young Red, USA, California, Mendocino, Wine Review
This is an unusual wine. It takes some of the Rose this winery produces and hard presses the grapes (presumably after the juice intended for the Rose is separated). Hard pressing is basically squeezing to get a bit more juice. This is typically tannic. The difference is they then adds in Malbec juice to the wine. The wine is barrel fermented and then aged for a bit in stainless steel. The result is a young, lighter wine that is not too unlike a Beaujolais. It proved quite popular at our www.Intowine.com tasting. We liked this a bi