2015 SKINNER "EL DORADO" MOURVEDRE From Wine & Spirits, “2015 El Dorado Mourvedre (Best Buy) This is just plain delicious wine—its clean red-strawberry tone, velvety richness and refreshing acidity revealing the volcanic foothills of El Dorado County as prime mourvedre terroir. Chris Pittenger blended this wine from vines planted on granite and volcanic clays, and maybe it’s that complex patchwork of volcanic soils that accounts for the dark mineral structure knitting together all that fruit, a hint of what one taster called smoked paprika. With air, the flavor becomes increasingly clear and penetrating, taking on a delicate scent of woodland violets. Delicious now, this should gain dimension with time in the cellar…” 95 Points “Best Buy”