Jonata, Santa Ynez Valley, Ballard Canyon, El Desafio de Jonata 2013 (6L) Cider and one of the finest

and one of the finest I have ever tasted from California

The bouquet focuses on dark berry

Some dried herbs

voluptuous offering is both exuberant and dramatic on the palate

Aaron Mosley

Jonata, Santa Ynez Valley, Ballard Canyon, El Desafio de Jonata 2013 (6L) Cider and one of the finest98 points Jeb Dunnuck The 2013 El Desafio de Jonata checks in as a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot and the rest Merlot all aged 20 months in 80% new French oak. Reminiscent of a First Growth from Pauillac, it gets a big wow in the notes and offers sensational notes of cassis, tobacco leaf, damp herbs, and charcoal. Full bodied, massively concentrated, fresh and impeccably balanced, it's up with the 2007 as the