Red Carpet Wine - Gemstone Vineyards

RED CARPET WINE Since 1964 400 E Glenoaks Blvd Hours: Mon-Thur 10-8
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2006 Gemstone Facets Red Blend

Buy Now $85.00

The 2006 Facets is a blend of equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot with small dosages of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. The wine exhibits plenty of bay leaf, cranberry, black cherry, underbrush, and forest floor characteristics in its elegant, medium-bodied personality. This complex, pure red could easily pass for a fine Bordeaux. Enjoy it over the next 10-15 years: 2008-2023.

90 Robert Parker

Wine Advocate #180 Dec 2008

2005 Gemstone Proprietary Red

Buy Now $195.00

"An absolutely gorgeous wine (900 cases produced) is the blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, and 3% Petit Verdot, the 2005 Proprietary Red. Pure, vivid notes of black currants, crushed rocks, acacia flowers, and some subtle barrique smells are followed by a wine with hints of hot stones and a gravelly character. The wine has superb intensity, beautiful purity, and full-bodied power, but uncanny elegance and symmetry. This wine needs 2-3 years of bottle age, and should drink well for 25 years.

I hope people discover these great wines made by winemaking consultant Philippe Melka for owners Paul Frank and his wife, Suzie. They sell much of the fruit from their vineyard, which is located on the Silverado Trail side of the Yountville sector. In fact, it is actually just south of Screaming Eagle and closer to Oakville than Yountville. These are stunning wines and all promise long life. The flagship wine is their Gemstone Proprietary Red, which is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon, and the other wine, Facets, usually a rather Bordeaux-styled blend dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon, but with significant proportions of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot."

95 Robert Parker

Gemstone, named "One of the stars of the Vintage" by Robert Parker, sold out its mailing list allocation in 8 days, a new record. Wine Spectator name Gemstone one of "California's Highest Scoring and Hardest-to-get-Wines" last year.

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