HUGELY over-delivers Named for Don Quixote’s imagined sorcerer, the invisible force he blamed for turning giants into windmills. El Sabio Frestón is Tooth & Nail’s wine club phantom and for today an exclusive red, at a mere $22…70% OFF…It’s our new house favorite for sure!

Back in June, you may remember brought you the Tooth & Nail 2021 ‘El Valiente’ Red. Well, that tasty FLEW!! FEAR NOT… for we now have a new vintage and wine from them. Same damn tasty deliciousness but with a bit more brightness! And a better deal than the last one! Soo crazzzy! ….Plus extra bonus, when we were making this deal, the winery found a bit more of that El Valiente y’all loved so much, which is in the store today!

Tooth & Nail Winery, Paso’s beloved ’first castle on the right’, long time venue for local bands, comedians, and Sunday brunch, had changed hands… meaning there might be more great wine possibly in the future.

Wines from Paso just keep on blowing us away! It really is MIND BLOWING how these wines from this region can blindly knock Napa and Washington clean off their pedestals.

Here’s why. The Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance says the region has almost as many microclimates as it does grape varieties, and Paso grows over SIXTY of them. In 2014, the TTB carved out 11 nested sub-appellations to reflect real differences in soil, temperature, and microclimate.

And the money agrees. Major investors have made extensive investments into the region for over a decade, chasing what one wine executive called a compelling combination of Rhône and Bordeaux-style excellence.

So forget “uneventful” or mass-produced Paso. That era is DONE. Lucky us??…more like lucky you!

Pour it and Paso announces itself , loudly, proudly, and with zero apologies. Dark plums, blackberry and red currants, with lavender and black pepper on the nose. It is not a whisper, it is a I had you at hello moment! It bellows passionately. On the palate, it is playful and takes you on a harmonious ride of black fruit, black raspberry, mulberry, spice with sappy & velvety tannins and a finish that earns its keep and made us do a happy wiggle in our chairs.

Quite simply this wine is an insanely drinkable dang I shoulda bought more kind of bottle.

More than the sum of its parts, the Grenache brings the cheer 🎉 , all bright red fruit and good vibes. The Syrah shows up and brings the muscle 💪.. And Graciano? Graciano brings the acid, the tiny 4% that keeps the whole wine in check and balanced.

The best way to explain it for us is… you know when you get home from a long day and you stare at the fridge, open the door, stare a little longer, shrug, maybe even frown and then close the fridge door??? Grabbing nothing, you then reach for a bottle of wine, pour it and suddenly the world brightens up and you say to yourself, yeah I’ve got the energy to make dinner..(private dance party, turn on the tunes)…It’s that kinda wine!

After our tasting panel, we kept going back until we soon polished off the bottle.

What more can we say, except try a bottle or six. Like the last one…its gonna fly especially at this price!