Author: Dirk Chan
Our online feature this week is the McPrice Myers High on the Hog Red (California – Paso Robles, United States) – $27.99, regularly $34.99.
McPrice ‘Mac’ Myers has been crafting high-expression wines of balance, value, and place in Paso Robles since 2002. He has been a lifelong “food and wine geek,” with his passion for unique sites in the Central Coast resulting in stellar wines that more than live up to the hype.
Our feature this week is his High on the Hog Red, it is a blend of 25% Grenache, 25% Zinfandel, 20% Syrah, 14% Petite Sirah, 12% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Mourvedre. It is a wine you can drink for any occasion. Around the holiday dinner table in the Myers house, grandmother would always look proudly around at her family all gathered around the dishes piled high with food, and say, “we are really living high on the hog, aren’t we?” This blend is in memory of Grandma and her joy at seeing the family doing well.
Delicate lily and cotton candy aromatics, fresh black Tartarian cherries, briar-fruit cobbler, satsuma plum preserves, chocolate covered blueberries, dandelion root tea, muddled spearmint, the palate is soft, sateen, yet energetic, lively, and full of mouthwatering juiciness.