Surprisingly not Bordeauxian in flavor. Peppery like Syrah, with good length and a very comfortable balance. It's ripe and full-flavored – heck, it's Coffaro and DCV – but I'm at a loss for standard descriptors. I like it very much. Were I tasting it blind I'd be wavering (I do that a lot) between Syrah, Petite Sirah and perhaps Malbec. I'd be wrong, mostly.
53% Cab Sauv, 18% Cab Franc, 16% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 5% Malbec
David Coffaro, "Aca Modot", Dry Creek Valley, 2004. Estate Bottled, Unfiltered, Unfined, 240 cases, $15.00
The name comes from a local Native American tribe. Many of the grapes are growing on an old village midden heap.
John
