Monkey Jacket 2019

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Bright red ruby in color with glimmers of burgundy. Very lively with aromas of strawberry, spices, and leather. On the palate the finish is smooth and expressive.

 

Dried fruit, rhubarb, and red berry.

ABV:

  • 12.7%

Vintage:

  • 2019

Type:

  • Red

More On Monkey Jacket 2019

Pairings

Lamb, Pasta, Sausage

Varietal

Valdiguié, Carignan, Petite Sirah, Tannat

Funky Scale

Middle of the Road

Region

California, USA

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The Producer

About Cruse Wines

Cruse Wine Co. was an opportunity for Michael to showcase fruit driven and satisfying wines that are pleasurable, but seriously balanced and unapologetically California. The North Coast is near and dear to Michael, so he chose to focus on sites within the Napa Valley and Sonoma County to create his special wines. The one thing he didn’t want to do was to create another Pinot Noir or Cabernet, instead he found inspiration in varieties such as Valdiguie, Tannant, Carignan and St Laurent. The flagship wine of Cruse Wine Co. is the red blend Monkey Jacket (the name inspired by an old, British sailor song). This wine embodies all the things Cruse Wine Co. is meant to be, as it’s a blend of Valdiguie, Carignan, Tannat, St Laurent and mixed field blend reds and provides incredible drinkability with brightness and ample structure. In addition to Monkey Jacket, Michael also makes small lots of single vineyard varietal wines from Valdiguie, Tannant, Syrah, Carignan and Chardonnay. “But it’s the Cruse Wine Co. wines that best express who Michael Cruse is as a winemaker. Against a landscape that often feels dominated by either top-shelf Cabernet or acidic European emulations, the Cruse wines aim to reimagine what “table wine” can be: fruity, quaffable, affordable. And more than anything, they’re intensely loyal to their California origins.” –Esther Mobley, SF Chronicle - Skurnik