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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2018 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by silton on 1/5/2014 & rated 91 points: Roughly in an Alsatian style, but it's somewhat off-dry and less oily and compacted than many examples and perhaps better off for it. As another reviewer brought up, this doesn't match a Mosel's elegance or clarity; I'd compare it more to a drier version of a Donnhoff Kab with less gloss but about as much substance and a dusty grapefruit element on the back end. Balancing acids make for long finish. I see no reason why this won't age like most Rieslings, peaking in another 3 years followed by a slow fade. Good value on a domestic white wine. (1343 views) | | | Tasted by Mtnmd1 on 7/30/2013 & rated 91 points: Dry, good acidity. Too bad it's all gone (1156 views) | | | Tasted by missionpk on 12/28/2012: It appears that this was basically a one-off endeavor by Big Basin, which is too bad. It's really quite good and better than so many Chards out there on the market. Not bone-dry like most Alsace or dry German Rieslings. Closer to the Austrian style of dry or near-dry with a lot of fruit. Nice acidity and very clean. Would make a great restaurant wine, if more distributors and restaurants (and diners) knew what they were doing.
Update: Enjoying this a lot. When trying to map this to a Mosel style Riesling, the difference between actual sugar and ripeness comes into play. This is a quite ripe wine and at least gives the impression of sweetness. As ripe as a Spatlese or Auslese, but closer to a Kabinett (or less) in terms of actual RS. That means you don't get the magical weight of a good Mosel Riesling, but it is still very tasty. Looking forward to trying other efforts at good CA Riesling. (1258 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 5/12/2012 & rated 91 points: Visit to Big Basin: Rattlesnake Rock Syrah Vertical (Big Basin Vineyards, Boulder Creek, California): Light lemon yellow color; aromatic, ripe lemon, bright, ripe apple nose; tasty, tight, tart apple, ripe pear, mineral palate; needs 1-2 years; medium-plus finish 91+ points (40 yr old vines) (803 views) |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (5/12/2012)
(Big Basin Vineyards Riesling Wirz Vineyard) Light lemon yellow color; aromatic, ripe lemon, bright, ripe apple nose; tasty, tight, tart apple, ripe pear, mineral palate; needs 1-2 years; medium-plus finish 91+ points (40 yr old vines) 91 points |
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| Big Basin Vineyards Producer website
Big Basin Vineyards was founded in 1998 in the Santa Cruz Mountains next to Big Basin Redwoods State Park, with a new winery building completed in 2003. Proprietor and wine maker Bradley Brown sources his wines from three Estate Vineyards - Rattlesnake Rock, Old Corral Block and Homestead Block. All of the Estate vineyards are planted to Alban Selections on steep hillsides with mudstone and shale soils - 7 acres of Syrah, 2 acres of Grenache and 1 acre of Roussanne - and are farmed organically. Additionally, Bradley works closely with Coastview Vineyard located at 2400 ft on a mountain top in the Gabilan Mountains overlooking the Salinas Valley and Monterey Bay (several miles due south of Mt. Harlan). He has contracted with the vineyard to purchase Syrah planted in 1998 and to bud over certain sections of the vineyard to Pinot Noir and Grenache (in 2008) and plant a new block to an Alban selection of Syrah. This vineyard is also farmed organically and managed according to Bradley's direction. Beginning in 2006, Big Basin started making Pinot Noir sourced from the Santa Cruz Mountains. As of 2009, Big Basin is making three different single vineyard Pinots from the Santa Cruz Mountains (Alfaro Family, Lester Family and Woodruff Family Vineyards), plus the Pinot from Coastview Vineyard in the Gabilan Mountains.
Best known for Syrah, but also makes Pinot Noirs and blends.Riesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
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