Horse & Plow North Coast Draft Horse Red 2023 CRV A wine that will age

A wine that will age gracefully and reward patient collectors for a decade or more

and floral all at once

generous -- and this is the second wine of Gruaud Larose

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Horse & Plow North Coast Draft Horse Red 2023 CRV A wine that will ageThe backbone here is Carignane from hundred year old vines in the hills west of Ukiah, the kind of gnarled old planting that usually gets pulled out for something more fashionable. Horse & Plow bought the fruit instead, blended it with Grenache from the historic Block House Vineyard in Yountville, roughly 60 40 in 2023, and made the house red they actually drink. The old Carignane brings structure, spice and savory depth; the Grenache brings the