When we arrived in San Francisco on Friday night, our friends opened a bottle of Robledo Pinot Noir. It went down very nicely so Robledo was the next obvious stop on our mini tour.
The Robledo tasting room is set right in the middle of the vineyard and you can get right up close to the growing vines. Here there are 2 tasting menus to choose from, one at $5 for 7 wines and the premium menu at $10 for 7.
We chose the Premium menu, which started with a 2007 Chardonnay This was very crisp and fresh, with lots of green fruit flavours.
Next was a 2006 Pinot Noir (the same one we tried on Friday) which had a slight spiciness to it along with nice ripe red fruit, particularly strawberries.
This was followed by a 2008 Tempranillio which we were intrigued by as we didn't know Tempraillo was grown in California. It was quite spicy, with oak flavours but also some sweet vanilla notes along with red cherries.
The 2007 Merlot was next. This tasted of rich black fruit with hints of spice and was followed by the 2005 Cabernet from Napa, the most expensive wine we tasted. It was very rich, with nice blackberry flavours with a hint of green pepper and a bit of spiciness on the finish.
We moved onto a couple of Ports to finish, firstly a White Port made from Sauvignon Blanc grapes. It had a lovely golden colour and was very honeyed with flavours of tropical and green fruits.
The Red Port smelled and tasted just like strawberry jam. I didn't pick up on any of the more sophisticated tasting notes!
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