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| Drinking window: Drink between 2011 and 2017 (based on 9 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.3 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by namja307 on 2/23/2013 & rated 82 points: I agree that this wine was not flawed, it was just the blend that made the smell and taste rather vegetable-like. Maybe I am used to drinking pure varietals, such as pure Cabernet Franc or a Cabernet Sauvignon with a little something added, but this wine is all mixed up. I did not like the nose or the palate. (1665 views) | | | Tasted by jthielen on 8/14/2010 & rated 80 points: This is not typical of La Fontana from other vintages. Opens with lots of raw oak and vegetal notes. The fruit is masked by the very earthy new oak flavor. Finishes with the same vegetal notes. The only good thing is that the finish does not linger. This is not a spoiled or corked wine it's just not too good. (2476 views) | | | Tasted by tmarman on 5/27/2010 & rated 80 points: Wow. This is seriously just terrible. Unremarkable in the truest sense - literally no words to describe because there's just nothing going on here. It actually has a pretty decent nose, but there's just nothing in the mouth. A little tannin and a touch of spice upfront, but it just disappears immediately.
We never really liked Raphael and their tasting room but were willing to give it another shot after someone recommended. We bought it at Michaels for $15, which is discounted from the winery price of $27. I would not buy again at any price. (2652 views) | | | Tasted by dwoody on 1/11/2010 & rated 88 points: Had with beef stew. Dark reddish purple. Red and blue fruits on the nose with a little scorched earth. Bright dark cherries and dry earth attach the palate and follow through the mid palate. Then the finish and this is where it gets interesting. It is also where people will either like or dislike this wine. I can always pick out LI reds blind because of a slightly burnt/acid/earth thing on the finish. And it also comes through on the nose a little bit, but to a lesser degree. I guess it has something to do with the soil/terrior since it is something that consistently appears on the finish of many LI reds. Some like it and would say it has a sense of place and others are turned off by it. I vary. (2679 views) | | | Tasted by jeffreym123 on 11/13/2009 & rated 90 points: Delicious but tannic (3305 views) |
| Raphael Producer websiteRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.New York Uncork New York! (New York Wine & Grape Foundation)
LENNDEVOURSLong Island Long Island Wine Country (Long Island Wine Council)
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