Herman Story Milk & Honey Red

2020 MILK & HONEY

Varietals: 45% Tempranillo, 32% Syrah, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot

AVA: Paso Robles

Aging: 90% New French Oak for 18 months

881 cases made

TASTING NOTES: There’s a photo on the wall for each bowler who’s scored 300 at Gold Country Lanes—and they’re all him. Bushy mustache, pleated khakis, with a beachball gut, he’s just failed to get the shoe attendant’s number and bumped into a rack of pearlescent eight-pounders. But god, you’ve never seen a more graceful four-step approach. And when his red-appleskin ball hits the pins, it’s an explosion of dried red fruit, dark chocolate, and candied cherry. Ripe fruit power and spicy poise in equal measure. You’re hanging another photo before he even hits the tenth frame.
DRINK NOW: 1 hour decant CELLAR: Now through 7-8 years