RHR News
RHR Wines win medals in 2008 Orange County Fair Commercial Wine Competition!
Our 2005 R2 (Cabernet Sauvignon/Petit Verdot blend) was awarded a Silver medal and our 2004 Late Harvest Zinfandel and 2005 Old Bailey Cabernet Sauvignon were
awarded Bronze medals at the 2008 Orange County Fair Wine Competition.
RHR Wines awarded medals at the 2008 Cincinnati Wine Festival!
Our 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon and 2004 Old Bailey Cabernet Sauvignon were awarded Bronze Medals at the 2008 Cincinnati Wine
Festival. We enjoyed pouring our wines at numerous retail wine shops and restaurants in the Cincinnati area, in Dayton
at The Wine Gallery, at the Queen City Club winemaker dinner, and at the festival in Cincinnati. Thanks for the great feedback
on the wines! And thank you, Marilyn Harris of WKRC, for having me on your Saturday radio show and for featuring Red Head
Ranch wines. Big thanks to all the gang at Tramonte & Sons, our Ohio distributor, for making our trip a success!!
SF Bay Area wine writer, Laurie Daniel, recently tasted a selection of RHR wines and had this to say:
RHR 2004 Old Bailey Cabernet Sauvignon - "a superb example of Paso Robles cabernet: big, ripe, dark and concentrated, with black cherry
and cassis fruit and a hint of anise. ... a well-structured wine that easily could be cellared for a few years."
RHR 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon - "this cab, which also contains 25% petit verdot, ... displays rich, ripe cherry flavors with accents of
mocha and spice and a smooth, supple finish."
RHR 2004 Zinfandel - "... this zin is ripe, plush and smooth, with sweet berry fruit."
RHR 2004 R3 - "This blend of syrah, cabernet sauvignon and malbec offers ripe, plush blackberry and black raspberry fruit,
supported by good acidity and firm tannins."
RHR Wines win medals in 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition!
Out of 3,800 wines submitted, 5 RHR wines received medals:
Double Gold - 2004 RHR Old Bailey Cabernet Sauvignon;
Gold - 2004 RHR R3 (Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec blend);
Silver - 2004 RHR Cabernet Sauvignon, 2004 RHR Late Harvest Zinfandel;
Bronze - 2003 RHR Zinfandel
2004 Cabernet Sauvignon and 2004 R3 win medals in
2007 Orange County Fair Commercial Wine Competition!
Our 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon was awarded the Gold Medal and our 2004 R3 the Silver Medal at the 2007 Orange County Fair
Wine Competition. The Orange County Fair Wine Competition is the largest judging of California wines in the world. Our
2003 Cabernet Sauvignon was a Silver Medal winner and our 2003 Zinfandel a Bronze Medal winner in the 2006 competition. Our
2002 Zinfandel (our 1st vintage) was a Bronze Medal winner in the 2005 competition.
Notable Mentions
RHR wines were reviewed in the Wine Enthusiast's
Best of the Year issue, dated 12/31/2006. 2003 Old Bailey Cabernet Sauvignon: "Big, ripe, rich, powerful and soft,
this is Paso Cab near its best"; 2003 Zinfandel: "Soft as
velvet and enormously rich in forward fruit, this Zin shows Paso red wine at its ripe, likeable best."; 2004 Pinot Noir:
"Loads of jammy, gooey cherry, cocoa, gingersnap cookie, vanilla wafer and cinammon spice flavors lead to a long, dry finish";
2004 RHR Cabernet Sauvignon: "Rich and robust, this soft, full-bodied Cab has a nice array of red and black cherry,
blackberry jam, cedar and coffee flavors. Polished tannins help make it classy."
