Acclaim for Our Wine

Ratings

Vintage 2003:

Deep red color, bright blackberry aromas lead to a very firm wine. Strange, but it almost seems like some Cabernet in it. It's actually equal parts of Petite Sirah and zinfandel with some Syrah. This would be perfect with barbecue, but would really benefit from a few years aging.

Narsai M. David - 9/15/2005

Vintage 2003:

Intense, deep red color with ripe berry aromas leads to a really serious, delicious mouthful of wine. The first petite sirah in California was from Livermore Valley over 40 years ago. This is a very smart blending with Cabernet and a splash of Grenache to smooth the edges. Very satisfying now and one that will age well for a few years.

Narsai M. David - 5/24/06

Vintage 2006:

Vintage 2005:

Vintage 2005:

Silver Medal - San Francisco International Wine Conpetition - Sept, 2008

Wow - the first time we've entered this wine into a competition and it won a silver! This is a big competition with over 4000 entries and you know there must have been a million Cab's entered, including international ones. We are quite pleased with this award!

Vintage 2003:

Silver Medal - Orange County Fair - 6/06

Young but still so good. This Zin Blend wine will continue to get better. Nice tannins and zippy fruit. It can lay down for a couple years or drink now - its great!
Gold Medal - Riverside International Wine Competition - May 5, 2007

Wow - Epic wins again! This wine just keeps getting better. NIce peppery flavor with definite floral notes on the nose. Great long finish.

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Vintage 2:

Bronze Medal - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition 2009 - Jan 9, 2009

In a very hard field of competition, journey 94550 once again was an award winner. This wine is a real standout in the blended wine catagory - don't miss trying it!

Vintage 2007:

GOLD medal - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition - Jan 2010

For the second year in a row - our Madden Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon pulled off a GOLD Medal at this prestigious wine competition. It was the ONLY Livermore Valley wine to win ANY medal in the price catagory it was entered into. Quite impressive and we are so happy! Our attention detail from harvest through bottling is evident in this special small lot wine.Check it out at our tasting room - the only place it currently can be sampled.

Vintage 2006:

Gold Medal - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition - Jan 9, 2009

Our first Madden Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon wins a GOLD medal - wow - are we happy! This wine deserves the award - it is absolutely an outstanding Cabernet. The vineyard rows were hand selected by Tom, hand picked at Harvest and hand sorted. Barrel aging in French and American Oak for 20 months gave it great complexity. All the work paid off!

Vintage 2007:

Silver Medal - San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition - Jan 2010

The Livermore Valley is noted for its superb Petite Sirahs - and this wine is truly one of the great ones. Inky black in color and huge fruit flavors - its a hands down favorite. Only 98 cases of this award winning wine were produced - stop in and check it out at the tasting room Thurs - Sun from noon until 6:00 PM.

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Vintage 3:

Silver Medal - San Franciso Chronicle Wine Competition - Jan 2008

A wonderful wine that fully deserves this prestigous award! We only produced about120 cases and its going fast - try some soon before its all gone!