five-spice powder and lavender pastille flavors given lift and spine by a core of juicy acidity

La Marie and Estournelles St

indeed even opulent

this moderately tannic

mineral and slate character

Scarecrow, Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions five-spice powder and lavender pastilleAged 15 months in 80% new French oak before blending, then a further 6 months before bottling without fining or filtration. 2000 cases produced. Winemaker Celia Welch. Bret Lopez and Mimi DeBlasio created Scarecrow in 2002 after Lopez bought a vineyard first planted in 1945 within the J J Cohn Estate. The mere 2 acres of head pruned, dry farmed vines on the Rutherford Bench remain the foundation of the wines produced here. Deep ruby colour. Intense,