2021 Adobe Road Shift, California, USA
The market on this bottle
Wine-Searcher tracks this 2021 Adobe Road Shift, California across the open market. Their published U.S. low is $60.09 and the average is $65.43. Our slash is $40.00.
Adobe Road Shift 2021
2021 Adobe Road Shift, California, USA
The Racing Series blend, titled across Sonoma County and Santa Barbara County.
Wine Spectator scored this Shift 92 points!
Spectator found a high-octane red that still holds its polish, Zinfandel in the lead, with Teroldego, Syrah, and Carignan in the blend.
When Wine Spectator stops on a red this polished, what are you waiting for?
"Break the blend, then pour it."
Summer 2025 tour of the Adobe Road complex in Petaluma, the winery's own film.
Built to break a straight blend
The notes on this 2021 put the blend at 52% Zinfandel, 25% Teroldego, 18% Syrah, and 5% Carignan. The zin reads as strawberry compote, the Teroldego as cocoa nibs and blueberries, the Syrah as food off the grill, and the Carignan as fresh cigar, with baking spice and caramel on a big mouth.
SHIFT is the Racing Series bottle built around breaking a traditional blend. This 2021 still wears the metal shifter plate, and the cork is finished with a shift knob. Wine Spectator titles the vintage across Sonoma County and Santa Barbara County.
Blue fruit, then the grill
Dark blue fruit opens the pour. Strawberry and cocoa share the middle, the grill note sits under them, and caramel with fresh cigar holds the finish so the fruit does not turn to jam.
The spice and the fruit stay in the same sip. That is why the glass wants a plate that came off a fire.
A racing team that stayed in Petaluma
Kevin Buckler and Debra opened Adobe Road in Sonoma County in 2002, after The Racers Group. Four wins at the Daytona 24 Hours, a win at Le Mans, and more than 100 professional victories sit behind the name. Garrett Martin has made the wine since 2015, and Carlos Rodriguez has run the cellar since the same year.
The riverfront house at 1 C Street is their Petaluma room on the water, with the tasting bar and the motorsports museum in the same building. This 2021 was already a wine before that room was the point. The bottle is the blend.
Spring 2025 tour of the Adobe Road complex in Petaluma, the winery's own film.
Ribeye, lamb, or a thick chop
The Syrah in this blend was written for the grill. Ribeye takes the zin and the char. Lamb takes the cocoa and the blue fruit. A thick pork chop takes the caramel and the cigar and gives them a crust to land on.
Grilled ribeye
Thick ribeye with a hard crust and a rosy center.
Why it works: The char and the fat meet the zin and the Syrah, and the pepper stays in the same register as the baking spice.
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Rosemary lamb chops
Lamb chops with rosemary and a honey cider glaze.
Why it works: Rosemary and the glaze sit next to the cocoa and the blueberries, and the chop has the richness this blend wants.
View Recipe for Rosemary lamb chops (opens in a new tab)
Grilled pork chops
Thick pork chops with a deep crust.
Why it works: A hard crust gives the caramel and the fresh cigar somewhere to land, and the grill is already in the glass.
View Recipe for Grilled pork chops (opens in a new tab)Take the bottle.
Zinfandel, Teroldego, Syrah, and Carignan, built to break a straight blend.
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