This might be the most slam dunk 10 Taste Rating we’ve ever given, and you can get it for OVER XX% OFF for the next day. The J Dusi Paper Street The Narrator Red Blend IS BACK!
That’s right, J Dusi is back with a new vintage of this decadent blend from a very special vineyard, along with a SAVINGS of over $XX a bottle!
We were quite simply blown away by this Rhone-style blend the first time we offered it (the 2018 vintage) and perhaps even more so with the 2019 and 2020 vintages. And now we’re delighted to be able to bring you the 2021 which somehow continues the extremely high standard of those previous vintages.
Here’s what we heard from one buyer after their purchase:
Jon, I bought this wine based solely on your recommendation. I am a “cab” guy…I had never heard of Mourvedre but I have learned to trust your ratings. Holy Smokes! what a wine…love it. I gave most of mine to my niece who flipped out over it.
If you get it in again, I will be a buyer. Thanks.
Comprised of 40% Syrah, 30% Grenache, and 30% Mourvedre aged 20 months in 100% French oak, no expense was spared in making this wine. And that includes the grapes that all come from the very special Paper Street Vineyard in the Willow Creek District of Paso Robles.
Here’s how Mira Honeycutt of the Paso Robles Press describes the genesis of the vineyard in an article in 2021:
Leave it to Mike Dusi, Janell’s father and third-generation Paso vintner, to venture into this unapproachable parcel where others would not dare. But for him, unreachable as it was, it was perfect.
The veteran farmer saw a diamond in the rough. He recognized its potential. A perfect mix of steep hillsides and the limestone deposits, this is where great quality fruit comes from, Janell declared, echoing her father’s belief in the abandoned ranch, then devoid of water or power. Although back in 2013, when Mike acquired this 360-acre parcel, his family thought he had gone bonkers, Janell recalled with a laugh.
For the Dusis, Paso’s multi-generational farming clan, it was a true family effort to navigate the many hurdles it took to turn the rough into a diamond. Over three years Mike and his sons Matt and Michael hauled dead trees with chains and bulldozers up steep hills, and, yes, there were accidents, like a tractor rolling off the hillsides.
“And someone lost a finger,” Janell recalled.
Today the likes of Turley, McPrice Meyers, Bodega de Edgar, Barton, Clos Solene and Robert Hall (as well as J Dusi) produce excellent single vineyard wines from this labor of love for the Dusi Family.
Honestly, the only possible downside to this wine is that just 450 cases were produced. In fact, I’m not sure it’s possible to buy too much, we love it that much!
The 2021 J Dusi Paper Street The Narrator Red Blend we are offering here normally retails for $68, with the few online sellers that have it listing it for even more.
For the next day; however, Reverse Wine Snob readers won’t pay anywhere near those prices…
Today’s Insider Deal cuts the normal price by XX%, getting you 3 bottles of the 2021 J Dusi Paper Street The Narrator Red Blend for just $XX.95 ($XX.XX/bottle). That’s a SAVINGS of over $XX a bottle!
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Read on for our full review.
Clicking on the Add To Cart button above will take you to our checkout at shop.reversewinesnob.com. Once there you can adjust the quantity of 3-packs in your order. Ends Sunday 3/30/2025 at midnight (PT).
From the winery:
VINEYARD: Farmed by the Dusi Family, our Paper Street Vineyard straddles between Willow Creek and Adelaida AVAs in the hills of Paso Robles. Its virgin soils, steep slopes and rugged terrain make for intensely bold and saturated wines.
A paper street is a road or street that appears on maps but does not exist in reality. The piece of land off Kiler Canyon was quite literally on one of these. Mike Dusi saw something special, and the Paper Street Vineyard was born. For 3 years he worked with sons Matt and Michael to clear the land and plant the vineyard. They pulled the dead trees out with chains and bulldozers. At one point they lost a bulldozer off the steepest terrain, and someone lost part of a finger along the way. They cleared the soil – by hand. The entire family, 3 generations’ worth, worked up at almost 2200 feet, walking the dirt to pick up sticks and stones. As with most Dusi endeavors, it was a true family undertaking. Of the 360 acres, 110 was cultivatable. Those 110 acres are steep, rocky, and full of limestone.
WINEMAKER: Janell Dusi is the proprietor and winemaker, specializing in Zinfandel. She is a 4th generation farmer who is the first of the family to go beyond farming to produce wines from the Dusi Vineyards. She honors her heritage by winemaking in the most native form; handpicking, hand sorting and stomping her wines by foot. Her signature style is continued with non-invasive wine handling and gentle barrel aging.
TASTING NOTES
Color Profile: Mulberry
Aromatic Profile: Pipe Tobacco, Black Cherry
Flavor Profile: Leather, Blackberry, Dried StrawberrySyrah 40%, Grenache 30%, Mourvédre 30%
Paper Street Vineyard, Willow Creek AVA, Paso Robles, California
100% French Oak, Aged 20 Months
Production: 450 Cases
Release Date: Winter 2023
Optimal Consumption: 2024 – 2030Produced and Bottled by J Dusi Wines
15.3% Alcohol
Cork
And now on to our review:
The 2021 J Dusi Paper Street The Narrator Red Blend opens with abundant aromas of dark fruit, well-integrated spice, licorice, vanilla, and violets plus a little mint, tobacco, cigar box and more as you swirl and sniff. It also has just a touch of a meaty note. It’s a great start that pulls your nose right into the glass and lets you know you’re in for a treat. And it just takes one sip to confirm that and more.
Tasting the wine reveals it to be pure decadence. It begins with an explosion of rich, dark, juicy, savory fruit that combines with wonderful spice notes. This balanced, full-bodied beauty is as smooth as a baby’s bottom! It also has fantastic depth and concentration plus an energy to it that you can’t help but love.
It ends with an incredibly long, juicy, spicy, grippy, savory, mouth-watering finish. If you can make this bottle last until day two, more power to you, because it took every bit of our willpower to save just a few drops. (And it was perhaps even a bit better on day two, believe it or not.)
This might be the easiest 10 Taste Rating we’ve ever given. My guess is that in a few years, as the reputation of this young vineyard progresses even more, you’re going to be hard pressed to find any wines from it that are anywhere close to as low as today’s deal price. In other words, stock up now, while you can.
Cheers,
Jon
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