Jonata, El Desafio de Jonata other_regions_australia With fruit from Serralunga d'Alba

With fruit from Serralunga d'Alba

This is aromatically quite similar to the grand vin but not quite as perfumed and complex

This impressively intense effort is a quality Chablis villages

it needs a few years in the cellar to show its best

Dense and compact

Jonata, El Desafio de Jonata other_regions_australia With fruit from Serralunga d'AlbaProbably the longest lived wine in the vintage from Santa Barbara, Jonata's 630 case 2012 El Desafio de Jonata checks in as a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Cabernet Franc, 15% Petit Verdot and 5% Merlot that saw 80% new French oak. It reveals a masculine, meaty, structured personality as well as rockin' notes of blackcurrants, wood smoke, lead pencil shavings and crushed rock. Full bodied, balanced and with building tannic grip, it still shows