BRIDGE LANE 2020 RED BLEND 05 MAR 2022

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As part of the Lieb Cellars wine club quarterly pickup, one wine included a Bridge Lane 2020 Red Blend (Figure 1).  Bridge Lane is Lieb Cellars' second label but is not second best.  The Lieb Cellars produces rich and complex wines best shared with small groups of friends and family.  However, the Bridge Lane label is better with Backyard or Beach parties.  The Bridge Lane wines come packaged in Cans, Bottles, Boxes, and Kegs. The 2020 red blend is a Bordeaux style consisting of 52% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Franc, 9% Petit Verdot, 8% Malbec, and 6% Syrah(Figure 2).  The wine developed fully for six months in Hungarian Oak.  The result is a light, medium body, easy tannin, Black Cherry, and Bramble wine with a delicate hint of Oak.  It is an easy-going wine perfect for an upscale afternoon Bar-b-Que.  To that end, for dinner, we paired the wine with Beef short ribs immersed in Bar-B-Que sauce that was slow-cooked in a Dutch oven at 225⁰ F for over four hours (Figure 3).  The wine is light but well-structured and bold enough to balance the high fat of the beef short ribs.  The Red Blend and Beef Short Ribs turned into the perfect pairing, and the 2020 red blend will be the go-to for our bigger outdoor cookouts.  The Red Blend price point is excellent for a daily wine.

We are looking forward to taking down the box version of this wine next.   

FIG 1 - BRIDGE LANE 2020 RED BLEND 05 MAR 2022

FIG 2 - BRIDGE LANE 2020 RED BLEND BACK LABEL

FIG 3 - BAR-B-QUE BEEF SHORT RIBS 05 MAR 2022


Location: BRIDGE LANE 35 Cox Neck Rd, Mattituck, NY 11952, USA

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