Dreaming Tree Wines is a collaboration between musician Dave Matthews and New Zealand wine maker Sean McKenzie. Dave Matthews is not new to the wine business and we previously visited his Blenheim Winery near Charlottsville, Va. which we greatly enjoyed. The goal of Dreaming Tree is to make good approachable wines at an affordable price.
Dreaming Tree Crush 2016 is produced from grapes grown in the California North Coast (67%) and the Central Coast (15%). The blend for this wine is 54% Merlot, 18% Zinfandel. 18% Petite Sirah, 4% Tannat and 6% other grapes. The alcohol content is listed at 13.5%.
This wine has jammy fruit flavors which will appeal to many wine drinkers. I initially liked it a lot, but as I drank it, I became more and more aware of its sweetness. My final conclusion is that the wine is purposely made slightly sweet to appeal to a specific group of wine drinkers that does not include me.
I paid $10.79 for this at Costco which is roughly the same as the Total Wine cost. Target seems to sell this at most of their stores for $12.99.
SC Wine Joe rating = 87 points
Dreaming Tree Crush 2016 is produced from grapes grown in the California North Coast (67%) and the Central Coast (15%). The blend for this wine is 54% Merlot, 18% Zinfandel. 18% Petite Sirah, 4% Tannat and 6% other grapes. The alcohol content is listed at 13.5%.
This wine has jammy fruit flavors which will appeal to many wine drinkers. I initially liked it a lot, but as I drank it, I became more and more aware of its sweetness. My final conclusion is that the wine is purposely made slightly sweet to appeal to a specific group of wine drinkers that does not include me.
I paid $10.79 for this at Costco which is roughly the same as the Total Wine cost. Target seems to sell this at most of their stores for $12.99.
SC Wine Joe rating = 87 points
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