Jonata, Santa Ynez Valley, Ballard Canyon, El Desafio de Jonata 2013 (6L) Rhone Rouge On the palate minerals

On the palate minerals

This is quite long and overall

ground pepper

The palate is both opulent and seductive

clean nose of dark fruit

Jonata, Santa Ynez Valley, Ballard Canyon, El Desafio de Jonata 2013 (6L) Rhone Rouge On the palate minerals98 points Jeb Dunnuck The 2013 El Desafio de Jonata checks in as a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot and the rest Merlot all aged 20 months in 80% new French oak. Reminiscent of a First Growth from Pauillac, it gets a big wow in the notes and offers sensational notes of cassis, tobacco leaf, damp herbs, and charcoal. Full bodied, massively concentrated, fresh and impeccably balanced, it's up with the 2007 as the