Skylark Red Belly 2018
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Wilfred
Wong
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2018 Skylark Red Belly is a lovely and full-flavored GSM. TASTING NOTES: This wine excels with aromas and flavors of red and black fruits. Enjoy it with roasted game birds. (Tasted: August 15, 2022, San Francisco, CA)
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This partnership has created long-term relationships with the entire scope of the wine industry, with winemakers, vineyard managers and owners. With these relationships, their next logical progression was the realization of a dream: making fine wine from select vineyards. While the original plan was simply a barrel, they quickly jumped in with 14 barrels of Syrah from the 2002 Harvest. Skylark Wine Company was formed.
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