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| Drinking window: Drink between 2016 and 2023 (based on 29 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 18 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by MartyL on 4/5/2020 & rated 93 points: A great bottle. A little more body and tannin and darkness to the fruit than a typical Shake Ridge (weighs in at 14.0% alcohol), but that spice from the stems and the juicy fresh whole cluster aroma is still definitely there in the nose, so despite the slightly elevated structure and body, i think a D&R fan would be able to identity this as a D&R wine with just one sniff. Really pretty on the palate, almost cab-like in terms of structure, but the acidity hits you on the mid-palate and the wine remains fresh and lively. So comforting to have something to drink that seems so familiar and yet at the same time surprising with a couple of dinners at home over a pretty bleak weekend in NYC. Makes me think of better days in the past and hope for better ones in the future too. (658 views) | | | Tasted by Biskuit on 3/24/2020 & rated 92 points: A few days after having the 2018 Shake Ridge, I went back to 2012. Definitely see the lineage, though the 12 is a heftier wine. Pop n pour, deeper ruby than the 12 in color, a bit of bricking around the edges, a touch hazy. Cedar and lavender-y floral notes on the nose, cherry lozenge poking in. Plenty of body, though nothing overbearing, with prominent maraschino then a bit of pucker on the finish. This is really in harmony right now but can easily go a few more years. Lovely stuff. (626 views) | | | Tasted by David_T on 11/8/2018 & rated 91 points: Light and pleasant with sour red cherry/cranberry notes, light herbs/earth, medium acidity and light tannins. Shows the grape well. (896 views) | | | Tasted by Not647f on 2/17/2018: Took to dinner at Shakewell with the Elis. Really nails the Mourvedre sauvage ideal. Dark, brambly, leathery, tiny bit bitter. We ordered the fried chicken, but it also paired well with the whole fish and the octopus. Worked well with romesco sauces, hotter things, olive flavors. This is kind of pricy stuff but very satisfying. (1091 views) | | | Tasted by RichEB1 on 1/19/2018 & rated 87 points: *sigh* So I almost hate writing this, as I'm generally a fan of D&R wines and Hardy seems like a really good dude ......but I just didn't love this bottle. It had the really nice, almost ethereal mouthfeel and soft perfumed/red fruited nose that I love about their wines, but the palate was lacking. Faint notes of bitter cherries and maybe a tiny bit of spice, but just not enough there to keep it interesting. I'd actually take the Familiar over this any day of the week, which is not what I expected before popping the bottle. Again, certainly not a 'bad' wine....just not very exciting. (1146 views) | | | Tasted by ccotton8 on 11/1/2017 & rated 92 points: Really delicious, lots of bright cherry flavors with nice minerality to give it some depth. (1119 views) | | | Tasted by Anthony Lombardi on 8/21/2015 & rated 93 points: Deep, generous spicy Mourvedre. Powerful stuff, but has a vertical quality which reminds me of the great wines of Bandol.
This is certainly fruity, but has a tannic structure which acts as a great counterpoint. Full bodied & showing a rich mouthfeel. This begins to show a subtle savoriness on the mid palate. The wine really hits a rhythm after an hour or so of being open.
Something that I always find impressive is when a bigger wine shows finesse & delicacy. This hits those marks & I think it will be really special with a few years in the bottle. Complex & tasty. (1860 views) | | | Tasted by jonysan on 5/15/2015 & rated 91 points: Delicious right out of the bottle. Nice fruit. A little spice. Lighter than expected. Put half of the bottle away. On day two the fruit had completely disappeared. Make sure you finish it all on day one. (1697 views) | | | Tasted by 10centpower on 5/3/2015: PnP. Very primary on opening. Some oak/funk. After 2 hours in the glass, some herbal notes, candied fruits (maybe cough medicine?) and a medium length finish. Would sit on for 3-5 more years. (1693 views) | | | Tasted by indiscriminate palate on 1/20/2015 & rated 89 points: Very pretty, light, fun wines, though I don't understand the ridiculous amount of hype around these. Very earthy, red and blue-fruited, with a bit of a candied carbonic-like note. Nice medium saline finish. Opens nicely with an hour or two of air, but begins to collapse after a few hours. A Mourvedre-based Beaujolais? Enjoyable, and a solid $20 wine, but this is nearly $40. (1301 views) | | | Tasted by indiscriminate palate on 11/27/2014: Bright red. Candied nose, mineral, saline. Fresh herbs, earth. A very light, red-fruited, unique expression of mourvedre; a bit earthy, with good acid. With some air, it becomes more earthy and herbal, but also fades fairly fast after several hours. (1688 views) | | | Tasted by indiscriminate palate on 11/15/2014: My first Dirty & Rowdy. Certainly, a very different type of Mourvedre. Almost like a natural, carbonic Beaujolais with a bit more earthy character. Quite red-fruited, with some mineral salinity. Pretty, but not earth-shattering. (1052 views) | | | Tasted by MotoMannequin on 8/31/2014 flawed bottle: Corked. (1348 views) | | | Tasted by MotoMannequin on 8/31/2014: Light ruby garnet color. Decanted and took an initial taste, then returned to the cellar for about 90 minutes. Initially not giving up much on the nose, slight red fruits, earth, and pine sap, wife says something off but I don't find that. The wine underwent a transformation after time with air - roses and strawberries on the nose, crunchy red fruit palate with herbs de Provence, slight camphor, and peppery, earthy finish. Weightless on the palate with silky texture. Very nice! (1490 views) | | | Tasted by jwsobeck on 6/25/2014: Richer that most DNR wines. Really opened up in decanter after 30 minutes or so, which this wine needs. Very, very enjoyable after that. (1715 views) | | | Tasted by River Rat on 4/23/2014: Tasting Dirty and Rowdy with Hardy Wallace (Puchdown Cellars - Santa Rosa): Pop-n-pour. Dark ruby color bordering to purple. Floral with baking spice and the smell of freshly tilled soil. This wine has a richness compared to the others in the flight with ripe juicy red and blue fruit and sweet grippy tannins. Right up my alley. (2096 views) |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, May/June 2014, IWC Issue #174
(Dirty & Rowdy Family Winery Mourvedre Shake Ridge Ranch Amador County) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Dirty and Rowdy Producer website | Tumblr / Bon Appetit Video on Dirty and RowdyMourvèdreClick here to see Mourvedre photographed at Tablas Creek Vineyards in Paso Robles, Calif., in 2005.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.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sierra FoothillsAmador |
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