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North Carolina Wine TV Review:
The Sanders Ridge 2007 Round Hill red blend is one of the most interesting and compelling wines we have tried from North Carolina. It has a nose that is filled with vegetables like green beans, stewed tomatoes. There is also some red raspberries, along with some woodsiness and pine tar. The flavors in the mouth are in another room. It has very vibrant fruit flavors of blackberry jam and concord grape jam. And in a continuing string of contrasts, it is sweet and dry, plus it has a heavy body that feels light. This is another wine that reminds us that the summer of 2007 was dry and hot, which was perfect weather for red wine grapes. This is a must-try wine for anyone interested in what is possible for North Carolina wine.
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according to the North Carolina Wine Ratings Scale
Price: $16
Availability: Directly from the winery
About Sanders Ridge 2007 Round Hill (from the winery)
Reminiscent of Neil’s mother Kate’s rich ripe blackberry crisp – not too sweet, with a silky soft finish that will have you going back for seconds – every time!
About Sanders Ridge Winery (from the winery):
In the late 90’s, after 40 straight tobacco crops along with corn, soybeans, cattle, and timber, it was becoming ever clearer to Neil that the conventional farming of his day would not offer his 2 sons and daughter and their families – the livelihood that it had afforded him. With the realization that he was going to probably be “it” (the last Shore to farm this special place), he started researching alternative cash crops and implementing a more forward thinking farm plan which he hopes will sustain the land and all of the natural resources it supports (including his children and grand children!) for years to come…
Between 1999 and 2001, he laid the groundwork and established the vineyard for the Sanders Ridge Vineyard and Winery. (View photo diary). In December 2005, he began producing USDA certified organic vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers at the Farm at Sanders Ridge and in June of 2009 he opened the Winery and The Big Woods Restaurant – in a rustic and towering post and beam structure built from lumber and stone he harvested right off the farm.
Neil’s goal has always been to make Sanders Ridge a place where folks can laugh, relax, and experience the farm and the special places within it. He and his family invite you to visit the Winery and The Big Woods Restaurant for a taste of a simpler time and place. And, if you are so inclined, to wander…
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