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Jada Is Awarded the Following from San Francisco Chronicle!

Gold Medal: 2006 Mirror
Silver Medal: 2007 Hell’s Kitchen
Silver Medal: 2006 Jack of Hearts

Jada Is Awarded the Following from Stephen Tanzer!

2007 Hell's Kitchen Paso Robles ($48; 54% syrah, 25% tannat and 21% mourvedre) Inky ruby. Exotic scents of red and dark berries, black olive, minerals and violet; smells like a powerful northern Rhone wine. Creamy black raspberry and cherry-cola flavors stain the palate and are framed by velvety tannins. The violet note returns on the finish, which is strikingly sweet and persistent. 91 points

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2006 Passing By Paso Robles ($38; 95% cabernet sauvignon and 5% merlot) Saturated ruby. Smoky, pungent aromas of dried red berries and cherry, with notes of anise and rose adding complexity. Dusty tannins add support to the deep red- and blackcurrant flavors, which are given spine by zesty minerality. Manages to be ripe as well as nervy, and finishes with good clarity and spicy persistence. 90 points

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2006 Jack Of Hearts Paso Robles ($42; 45% cabernet sauvignon, 40% petit verdot and 15% merlot) Deep ruby-red. Youthfully primary dark berry and cherry skin on the nose, with complicating notes of cracked pepper and minerals. Tightly wound on entry but loosens up and gains sweetness with air to offer lush black raspberry and boysenberry flavors. Finishes with impressive clarity and a strong kick of Asian spices. This is drinking very well right now. 91 points

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Jada Is Awarded the Following Medals in the Long Beach Grand Cru Competition!

[B] = Bronze medal

[S] = Silver medal

[G] = Gold medal

[CBC] = Chairman’s Best of Class

[SW] = Sweepstakes winner

[B] BRONZE - 2006 Bordeaux Blend, Passing By, Paso Robles
[G] GOLD - 2006 Rhône Blend, Hell's Kitchen, Paso Robles
(Out of 1,600 wines submitted 163 won a Gold Medal…we’re in good company!)
[CBC] Chairman's Best of Class - 2006 Syrah, Jersey Girl, Paso Robles

Out of 1,600 wines submitted, 50 were awarded the Chairman's Best of Class! What an honor for Jada!

Please visit www.longbeachgrandcru.com for a full list of winners!

Paul Hodgins, The Orange County Register

More great wine from Paso Robles

December 11th, 2009, 7:00 am

Every time I go wine-tasting around Paso Robles, I try to include a few newer wineries in my itinerary (or at least places we’ve somehow overlooked). This time, following the recommendation of the two lively, hairy wine sages in the tasting room at Zenaida Cellars, we traveled up Vineyard Drive to Jada Vineyard, which sold its first bottle of wine in 2005.

Don’t let the ponytails fool you. Those Zenaida dudes know what they’re talking about.

All the wines we tasted were blends — that’s Jada’s thing – and all were beautifully styled. We bought a bottle each of 2006 Mirror (53% Estate Syrah, 10% Estate Petit Verdot, 37% Estate Cabernet Sauvignon; $38) and 2007 Hell’s Kitchen (54% Syrah, 25% Tannat, 21% Mourvedre; $48).

Blended wines seem to be getting more popular among California vintners, and maybe that’s a good thing. Booze on a Budget doesn’t like to see varietals like Cabernet Sauvignon continue to rise in price simply because that lucky grape has cachet. Certain labels take advantage of the trendiness, brainwashing a sizable portion of the wine-buying public in the process. (I won’t mention any names, but the offenders live mainly along Highway 29 between Yountville and St. Helena.)

At Jada, Tablas Creek and many other Paso wineries, vintners are taking their cue from Europeans and making blends in which individual varietals enhance each other. But unlike the careful father-son team at Tablas Creek, who collaborate closely with French vintners (more on them later), the Jada guys don’t seem bound by Old World traditions when it comes to blending. Rather than adhere to the rules of Rhone blends, they just do their own thing. The results are impressive.

The Mirror, for example, benefits from the deep fruit flavor and bold, juicy, grapey qualities of the Syrah. The Cab gives it structure and tannins. The Verdot imparts color and a little edge.

Jada’s wines aren’t exactly bottom end, and they’re not easy to find locally. But I think their prices compare favorably with big-name Napa cabs that, frankly, aren’t worth the sticker price anymore. If you’re looking for that one special bottle this Christmas and don’t want to go to the usual sources, Jada is worth your consideration.

Jada Vineyard Folklore
Origin of the name of Jada and our wines: Jersey Girl, Mirror, Hell's Kitchen, Passing By and Jack of Hearts.

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Long Life Wine Club breaks 1000 members
Jada's Long Life Wine Club has broken the 1000 member mark. We now have close to 1600 total LLWC members and counting! Thank you all for the continued support and constant Jada buzz!
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2009 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
We are excited to announce that Jada has been awarded two gold medals. Our first honored wine is 2006 Hell's Kitchen Rhone and the second wine to received a gold medal for 2005 Mirror.
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