This rich, purple-hued red wine is rich with aromas of dark berries, baking spices and espresso. On the palate, flavors of plums, blueberries, vanilla and allspice, with hints of cigar box and black tea. Conceived in a Rutherford cellar, Bootleg Red Wine was blended to best express its vintage in the Napa Valley outside the bounds of a given winemaking tradition—one year it might feature Merlot from Stagecoach Vineyard; the next, Cabernet from Atlas Peak. Opulent yet refined, Bootleg deftly balances hedonistic pleasure with structure, nuance, and finesse.
