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| Drinking window: Drink between 2011 and 2015 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.5 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by bbakove on 7/5/2016 & rated 92 points: My last review said "drink now to 2013". Call that one wrong! Precise, well balanced, elegant, definite flavors that wrapped deliciously around the oysters, yellowtail sashimi and brie we scored from a friend's boat (not the brie). (1262 views) | | | Tasted by Ecb1456 on 9/5/2015 & rated 86 points: Nose is a little like overipe apples in an orchard on a hot day. Slightly musty and earthy. Tight bubbles. Zesty on palate but with little distinction beyond the lemon lime. Not very complex. Sweet to the point of cloying. Maybe just a bad bottle or maybe past its prime. (1441 views) | | | Tasted by Ecb1456 on 7/11/2015 & rated 88 points: Definitely better than previous bottle or maybe just my mood has improved. Still has the toasty overtones but the zest is a little buried. Good bubbles and very cleansing but somewhat unremarkable for these guys. Worked fine with some cheese but got lost with anything bolder. Maybe just a blah vintage it has been somewhat uneven from bottle to bottle. I still have a few bottle left so we will see. I will bring in some outside help to make sure it is not me. (1457 views) | | | Tasted by aces219 on 1/1/2015: Had this this morning (happy new year to us). Seemed quite dry at first as one would expect from the name but I grew to really appreciate the minerality and almost a hint of brininess? It reminded me a little of Ocean Cuvee only rounder due to PN. I think it is drinking just fine now. (2018 views) | | | Tasted by Ecb1456 on 9/27/2014 & rated 85 points: This is not cellaring well. Toasty nose with a mineral overtone. The yeastiness that was a joy before is more oppressive than the in-laws at the holidays. Slight lemon zest at start gets buried rapidly under the assault of the dry yeast beasties. But otherwise thin and lacking complexity. I will never get this off of my tongue. Maybe just a slightly off bottle or this vintage is not the one I loved previously. If only there were an app to tell me that. Oh wait... (1749 views) | | | Tasted by jfinke on 1/1/2013 & rated 89 points: Crisp with apple overtones. (2040 views) | | | Tasted by Scott Butler on 11/19/2012: It seems I forgot to write a note, as we drank this a month or more ago. It was really wonderful, but descriptors are too far removed from my memory. (1870 views) | | | Tasted by Eugene on 8/21/2012 & rated 90 points: Beautiful "Champagne" with great acidity, mineralty and really tiny bubbles. (2159 views) | | | Tasted by Dwey on 8/19/2012 & rated 89 points: really great, apples and cream. (1999 views) | | | Tasted by eoinhharkins on 7/26/2012 & rated 87 points: nose of lemon and grapefruit palate had lime zest and some apple medium finish (1816 views) | | | Tasted by eoinhharkins on 5/5/2012 & rated 86 points: Notes of lemon, baked granny smith apple on the nose but given the acidity i got in the mouth i would have expected a longer finish (1029 views) | | | Tasted by VeniVediBibi on 4/2/2012 & rated 87 points: A pleasant, but not particularly distinctive sparker. A bit of a come down from the Iron Horse Wedding Cuvee that we had opened a couple of days before. (928 views) | | | Tasted by Charlie Pendejo on 2/14/2012 & rated 86 points: Very lean and lemony-tart with kinda prickly mousse and some minerality. I didn't really notice yeasty/toasty notes; this seemed to me all about, at this stage of its life, vibrancy and vigor and cut. It's probably superb with oysters but was just a little much for my tastes and the meal (striped bass in a bright, picante tomato-habanero salsa) it accompanied. (1308 views) | | | Tasted by klezman on 11/22/2011: Good wine, but much more lean than I would have expected. Even though the dosage is almost zero sugar. I think I'd need a few more tries at this one to understand it, but it's a nice drinker with a bit of a harsher edge to it. (1539 views) | | | Tasted by bbakove on 11/20/2011 & rated 90 points: Less sweet than the rest of the family, this is a well balanced bubbly with old world flavors. Smokey yeast permeates riper fruit flavors of fig, apple and almond with a stony, lingering finish. Drink now to 2013. (1289 views) | | | Tasted by bbakove on 10/18/2011 & rated 90 points: Drank to celebrate Brad finishing traffic school for his latest speeding ticket. Nice and dry, toasty and creamy. Very refreshing! (1399 views) | | | Tasted by BigBoy_Sonoma on 9/30/2011 & rated 85 points: Crisp acidity, lemon zest, elements of citrus. B (1318 views) | | | Tasted by nieuwoudt on 9/11/2011 & rated 90 points: nice finish - clean/refreshing (1374 views) | | | Tasted by oog on 2/2/2011 & rated 91 points: I wish I had taken better notes, but it was quite good. Very nice minerality. (1718 views) |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, May/June 2012, IWC Issue #162
(Iron Horse Vineyards Brut X Green Valley of Russian River Valley) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Iron Horse Vineyards Producer website
9786 Ross Station Road
Sebastopol, CA 954722006 Iron Horse Vineyards Brut Xfrom the winery
Ultra Brut means ultra dry, ultra bright, ultra expressive. The dosage is under 0.6% residual sugar - barely perceptible, but adds just the right amount of "polish."
Food Pairing
Serve with anything raw, including oysters, fruit, vegetables, sushi and sashimi, cured and smoked fish, even yogurt.
Accolades
New vintage, not yet reviewed. Tim Fish of Wine Spectator awarded the 2005 vintage 91 points.The 2004 vintage was awarded 94 points by Wine Enthusiast and 90 points by the Wine Advocate's Robert Parker. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat awared this vintage 4 1/2 stars.Champagne Blend"Champagne blend" is a classic grape blend that typically includes Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and/or Pinot Meunier in any proportions.
However, this blend can also include Arbane, Fromenteau (Pinot Gris), Petit Meslier and/or Pinot Blanc as well.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 Sonoma CountyMendocino County |
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