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Lodi’s Viñedos Aurora’s mellow style follows a Spanish influence
Vinedos Aurora’s 2009 California Sintesis is a red wine with
pungent berry and earthy spice aromas, and a firm medium-full body
and velvet texture.
Randy Caparoso
Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:00 am
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Updated: 7:14 am, Wed Feb 22, 2012.
Lodi’s Viñedos Aurora’s mellow style follows a Spanish influence
Viñedos Aurora, one of Lodi's newest brands, is also one of
Lodi's hottest. First, and most importantly, the quality of Viñedos
Aurora wines is impeccable: a purplish power-packed yet finely
chiseled Petite Sirah; a dreamily balanced and multi-scented
Cabernet Sauvignon/Tempranillo/Merlot blend called Síntesis; and a
light, minerally, whippersnapper of a dry white made from the
Albariño grape.
Viñedos Aurora is also a great American story that starts with
the grandfather of winemaker Gerardo Espinosa: Victor Anaya Rocha,
who first came to the Stockton area from Michoacán, Mexico to work
the fields in 1944. For many years, Anaya Sr. traveled back and
forth, raising four sons — Victor Jr., Ramon, Armando and Gerardo
Anaya — all of whom earned degrees in agricultural engineering at
the University of Michoacán.
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