Bonus INSIDER DEAL! 56% OFF Bruce Patch The Red Dress

Bruce Patch returns with a 92-point red blend and you can SAVE $28 A BOTTLE through our 12-hour only bonus deal! Get it while you can.

We’ve long been fans of Bruce Patch’s wines, going all the way back to his Wine Guerilla label. And while most of the wines we’ve reviewed from him have been both Zinfandel and Saturday Splurge (over $25) selections, today we’ve got a red blend at a huge discount.

Today Bruce has a ripe, rich, juicy and balanced blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Petite Sirah and 20% Zinfandel aged in French and American oak. Zinfandel Chronicles rates it at 92 points and we agree.

For those unfamiliar, here’s a bit more about Bruce, whose wines are quickly becoming a reader favorite:

Bruce Patch cut his teeth in the music industry — having once met the Beatles and helped to discover the famous 80s band, The Cars, in his native Boston. Once on the West Coast, Bruce turned his energies to several small labels of his own focused on classic R&B and Doo Wop artists and contemporary South Pacific music. He met his partner, artist Andrea Cleall, at a donut shop on the outskirts of Topanga Canyon, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Bruce and Andrea moved to the Russian River Valley in the late 1990s, and Bruce transitioned his sales and marketing background into a successful distribution business representing small independent wineries in Sonoma County. This would lead to a passion for and knowledge of winemaking that would inspire the creation of his own wine — Wine Guerrilla. Over the course of a decade, he built the brand and won accolades for his line-up of stellar single vineyard zinfandels.

Today, Bruce brings this history and experience to his most promising venture yet. Bruce Patch Wines sources the best grapes from throughout Sonoma County, including many vineyards like Clopton, Harris-Kratka and Carreras Ranch with whom Bruce has long relationships and a history of producing acclaimed wines. In addition to his trademark lush, full zinfandels, Bruce is also producing red blends and exquisite expressions of unique grapes like primitivo and malbec.

We hope you will enjoy these wines as much as we do. As Elvis Presley said, “If you like it, if you feel it, you can’t help but move to it.”

And yes, after you taste it you will definitely say it is just what I needed. Let the good times roll, but as usual on these Monday deals, inventory is limited so first come, first serve……

For the next 12 hours you can 4 bottles of the 2023 Bruce Patch The Red Dress Red Blend for just $87.95 ($21.99/bottle). That’s a discount of 56% discount, saving you $28 a bottle!

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From the winery:

Our 2023 ‘The Red Dress’ is about 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Petite Sirah and 20% Zinfandel. The Cabernet and Petite Sirah come from the Reynoso Vineyard and the Zin is a blend of fruit from the Giovanatto Old Vine Vineyard and the DenBeste Vineyard. All three vineyards are in the northern part of the valley near Cloverdale.

100 cases produced
Label art by Sean Colgin
Aged in French and American oak

Tasting Notes: Packed with dark fruits. Blackberry, currants, cassis and smoke on the palate. Big wine and the Cabernet Sauvignon takes center stage.

92 points – 2023 Bruce Patch The Red Dress Alexander Valley – Purple in color. 14.4% ABV. 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and equal parts Zinfandel and Petite Sirah. Sublime nose of black fruits, cocoa, plums and licorice. Full bodied with medium acidity. Packed with dark fruits. Blackberry, currants, cassis and smoke on the palate. Nice length on the finish. Big wine and the Cabernet Sauvignon takes center stage. Give this some time. Best over the next 6-8 years. $50 at the winery. Zinfandel Chronicles

14.4% Alcohol
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And now on to our review:

The 2023 Bruce Patch The Red Dress opens with an attractive aroma of dark berry fruit, graphite, licorice and touches of chocolate and baking spice. It’s a very nice start!

Before tasting this one, let it breathe! It needs a of time to really open up. Once it does you’ll find a very smooth, ripe, rich and juicy wine with great balance and similar flavors to nose.

It ends dry and a bit grippy on the long finish. It was even slightly better on day 2.

Cheers,
Jon

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