Wine & Spirits Review
Black cherry flavors run through this blend with lovely clarity. Its 62 percent cabernet sauvignon and 24 percent merlot with small portions of petit verdot, malbec and franc, sourced mainly from Three Palms, Oak Knoll, Rutherford and Bear Flats. The The layers of tannin, built from fruit and oak, create a sleek balance of barrel smoke, earthiness and that pure cherry flavor. Decant a bottle for roast lamb.

Wine Tasting Notes
The SVR was created from among the finest lots of Bordeaux varieties of this vintage, selected to display the highest intensity of flavor and varietal concentration. SVR has a decade-long (1993) history at Sterling as our premier blended Bordeaux-style wine. The wine is a deep ruby hue, with rich aromas of black licorice, black cherry, toasty oak, new leather and briar. On the palate, this soft, approachable wine shows ripe Bing cherry notes accented with hints of toasty oak and vanilla. Silky, supple tannins leave a lingering finish. In the tradition of fine Bordeaux blends, this is an approachable, food-friendly wine.