Blue Rock Vineyard: Alexander Valley At Its Best.

Blue Rock Cabernet Sauvignon

For years now, I’ve loved Blue Rock’s wines – some of the most food-friendly Cabernet I’ve tasted from Sonoma County’s Alexander Valley.  The tiny production is limited to Cabernet and Syrah, which is classified into a few different bottlings – all remarkable both in taste and value.

Certainly noteworthy is the fact that the Blue Rock Vineyard lies directly next door to Silver Oak – perhaps the nation’s most venerable producer of collector Cabernet.  Also true, though, is that Blue Rock’s wines have a personality and power all their own.

Their namesake 2005 Cabernet – made from all estate fruit – is still a young wine but, once decanted, reveals deep dark fruit flavors and a sultry chocolate texture.  The fruit is doing amazing things in the glass and on the palate – satisfyingly smoky, meaty flavors that really work well with savory red meat dishes and hard cheeses.

Also of note is Blue Rock’s ‘Baby Blue‘ – a separate bottling made of the young Cabernet vines.  The Baby Blue doesn’t wow in quite the same way as the Estate Cabernet, but it does have many of the same characteristics and, for the price, is the best value in California Cab I have tasted in some time.

BUY: Blue Rock Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

BUY: Blue Rock ‘Baby Blue’ Cabernet Sauvignon 2006