Description

Dreaming Tree Crush Red Blend 750ML

An exciting and well-done collaboration between Dave Mathews(Yes, Dave Mathews) and seasoned winemaker Sam McKenzie. Dreaming Tree captures the spirit of California’s wine country. Their shared passion united them to make quality wines accessible and affordable to everyone.

The best part of this wine is that it’s a blended red. Giving a passionate winemaker and passionate wine lover the ability to perfect red wine. Their inspiration came from down-to-earth characters and unforgettable flavors on California wine region.It’s rare charm and variety of mixed berry flavors are from 67% Merlot, 20% Petite Sirah, 13% Zinfandel and about 3% of other grapes.

Dreaming Tree Crush Red Blend has a great raspberry jam and vanilla oak character on the nose, while juicy mixed berry flavors and full-but-soft and approachable tannins fill your taste buds. Alongside the soft tannins are strawberry and plum jammy’ness, firm raspberry jam and juicy with a touch of pepper flavor.

It’s loved by all for having such a perfect, well-rounded blend of flavor, aroma, and smooth, medium body.

Dreaming Tree Crush Red Blend Notes To Your Senses:

• TASTE:  Smooth, medium-bodied, well-rounded mixed berry, firm raspberry jam with soft, juicy with a touch of pepper flavor, tannins are soft & rounded
• AROMA: Smokey berry, mixed berries and vanilla oak with hints of cedar
• APPEARANCE: Deep ruby and silky
• ABV:  13.7 %
• PAIRING: Vegetarian stuffed poblano peppers, Vietnamese-style pork sandwiches, BBQ ribs or wings

Red Blend:

Essentially, in US terms, the red blend means it’s a domestic wine that’s not made from a specific grape variety.

Finally, winemakers can get crafty and add their very own “cork”-e-ness or personality to the wine’s flavor. They have the ultimate freedom and endless assortment of blended wines.

What does this mean for you?! You get the best of every grape. For example, a little Merlot can help soften a Cabernet’s tannins, while a touch of Syrah can give some extra flavor to Pinot.

Blending can be utilized to create complex wines with many different layers of flavors and aromas or to create more balanced wines.  Sometimes small amounts of a particular variety are added to boost color or aromatics.

Blending can take place before or after fermentation. However, after fermentation is preferred so that the winemaker has more control of the quality of a wine. Winemakers take high value in what they offer to red blend lovers. You’ll never be disappointed with this choice of wine.

Red Wine:

Bringing out the best aromas and flavors of red wine can be achieved through the correct storage of temperature, generally between 50 to 55 degrees. Of course, this is a general rule of thumb as it depends on the grapes used when producing wine. There are so many health benefits due to the tannin. Procyanidins are a type of condensed tannin that is found in green tea and dark chocolate. Speaking of health, young red wines are better than old as they have more tannin. However, as red wine ages, they become lighter. Very old wines are translucent and pale.

Vitis vinifera originating from Eastern Europe makes up most of the common varieties of red wine. The aromas of red wine come from grapes only. Cherry, berry, jam, and herbs are all from fermented grapes and wine aging in oak barrels. Pretty simple for such a rich, complex, and tasteful wine!

USA – North Coast:

California:

California makes about 90% of all American wine, while it has been harvesting grapes since the 18th century. It’s the fourth largest producer in the world due to its abundance of fresh ingredients and diverse soils, it attracts the most renowned chefs and sommeliers from around the world. Although Chardonnay is the most popular wine in the sunny state of California, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, White Zinfandel and Pinot Grigio are a handful of other favorites.

During the prohibition area, Zinfandel was the wine grape that survived! The winemaker community always follows sustainable winegrowing practices and make sure to produce a wine that is environmentally friendly. Don’t worry about the California drought every year, the annual rainfall of wine regions north of San Francisco and in southern regions receive adequate, fresh, rainfall.

Master Sommelier Little Known, Big Facts:

• The color of wine depends on the fermentation extracts using skin, like Red wine as compared to white wine, leaving the skin behind
•  The oldest bottle of wine dates back to A.D. 325; it was found in Germany inside two Roman sarcophaguses
•  The worst place to store wine is usually in the kitchen because it’s typically too warm, in refrigerators, their warmest setting can be too cold
•  Richer heavier foods usually pair well with richer, heavier wines; light wines pair with lighter foods
•  Generally, a vintage wine is a product of a single year’s harvest, not when the wine is bottled
•  A “dumb” wine refers to the lack of odor while a “numb” wine has no odor and no potential of developing a pleasing odor in the feature
•  If a server or sommelier hands you a cork, don’t smell it, look for the date or other information ( mold, cracking, or breaks)
• Tannin is a substance that tingles the gums when you indulge your palate with a sip of wine, it’s an excellent antioxidant
• Smell is by far the most important sense when it comes to drinking wine
• Wine was first developed in Mesopotamia, not France
• French wines are labeled following the soil on which they are produced, not according to the grape used
• When chilling wine, adding salt to ice will cool it down faster

Warnings:

You must be 21 or over to purchase this product.

Instructions:

Serve Chilled or at room temperature