The 2008 and ‘09 Borra Fusion Red features an intensely perfumed, spiced raspberry fruitiness

Randy Caparoso The 2008 and ‘09 Borra Fusion Red features an intensely perfumed, spiced raspberry fruitiness

Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 6:43 am, Wed Mar 14, 2012.

Borra Vineyards grower/proprietor Steve Borra has always cut quite the figure in Lodi's grape-growing circles, with his signature cowboy hat, Western boots and handlebar mustache. He even walks into a room with something of a rider's gait, complete with a John Wayne-ly bow in the legs.

Then again, these days Borra has a lot to take a bow for; especially since this past January's very public announcement in the Wall Street Journal: The 2008 Borra Fusion Red ($19) has been named one of the newspaper's "Annual Dozen" of "12 smartest wine buys in America."

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Randy Caparoso The 2008 and ‘09 Borra Fusion Red features an intensely perfumed, spiced raspberry fruitiness