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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.7 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Z1nnfull on 6/25/2016 & rated 92 points: Essentially the same tasting notes as 11/23/2013 that I entered. It has smoothed out just half a click, but still a wild wine that will be a party in your mouth. May be a bit too extracted and high alcohol % for those who like their wine timid and tame. It is aging well, holding up well. Lots of complexity in this blockbuster wine. (2157 views) | | | Tasted by bkskimachine on 9/19/2015: x (2521 views) | | | Tasted by Mech-E on 7/12/2015 & rated 93 points: Gary V. would be giving this the oak-monster treatment. Holy vanilla French oak! Espresso (wei monsieur!) and the vanilla dominate this palate coating, delicious, all consuming wine. Tough to tell the true varietal here, but the result is truly impressive in a hugely new world style. (2643 views) | | | Tasted by Z1nnfull on 6/22/2015 & rated 92 points: Essentially the same tasting notes as 11/23/2013 that I entered. It has smoothed out just half a click, but still a wild wine that will be a party in your mouth. May be a bit too extracted and high alcohol % for those who like their wine timid and tame. It is aging well, holding up well. Lots of complexity in this blockbuster wine. (2674 views) | | | Tasted by ZachF88 on 12/1/2014 & rated 91 points: After 1.5 hrs decant: extremely dark in color (like ink). Smoky oak (but not dominant), blueberry, black currant, black liquorish, tobacco, game meat, earthy mushroom. This is a really big wine. Medium body with medium finish. Drinking great right now! Will keep together for another 3-4 years or so. (3073 views) | | | Tasted by Bandreas on 11/28/2014: Deep, dark, blackish purple
on nose a bit inky, still quite closed.
Quite a block-buster of a wine. Not overly sweet.
My taste has moved away from this type and style of wine. (1585 views) | | | Tasted by The_Grey_Fox on 10/11/2014 & rated 93 points: Excellent and complex (1351 views) | | | Tasted by rsed on 9/24/2014 & rated 92 points: great, dark, full body, red and black fruits, plum, prunes, (1182 views) | | | Tasted by ledocq on 5/11/2014 & rated 91 points: I'd never had a 100% Petit Verdot before, and since I keep seeing it listed in dollop-strength in various Bordeaux, I wanted to try some. Very glad I did --
Yes, "inkblot" is a perfect description. You could get lost for days in the color.
I didn't find it aromatic on the pour, but the taste was immediately something new, something cousin to cabernet sauvignon but not as immediately showy. Medium-plus bodied, it evolved in the glass for a few hours until the most striking feature was this sweet finish that I couldn't quite identify. I kept thinking "harvest, Thanksgiving," but looking at the notes below, I sort of like "marzipan" as a description.
Very glad I tried this and my local supermarket (!) has it for $25, so it's a no-brainer. That 91 is almost in a vacuum, in that I have no other PV to compare it with yet, but as far as what was going on in the glass, it was an excellent 91-ish experience. (2081 views) | | | Tasted by Z1nnfull on 11/23/2013 & rated 92 points: This wine is not for everyone, but it is one of the best we have had in 2013.
This is a very robust and fruity wine, dark appearance. The smoky red cherry licorice nose carries over to the same very full-bodied and fruit-forward taste. The wood aging is well-integrated and adds structure. Better than medium finish. This is quite ready to drink now, would soften and perhaps gain some complexity with a year or two aging.
Highly recommend...if you can find it. (1740 views) | | | Tasted by fhprado on 11/9/2013 & rated 90 points: Color: impressive literally like ink, Nose: dark fruit, some vanilla, Palate: Black fruit-Black Berry -Currant, licorice, vanilla, minerals, balance tannins and nice med-finished (1834 views) | | | Tasted by Vinophiliac559 on 2/4/2013 & rated 80 points: Decent wine for the price (485 views) | | | Tasted by bjamesclark on 11/2/2012 & rated 90 points: Concentrated, inky purple. one of the deepest purple wines I have seen. Opaque and glass tinting following the swirl. Medium plus viscosity that translates to a purple ridge that leaves you with purple rain (haha).
The nose shows concentrated and dense aromas. Blackberry, blueberry and dark cherry mixed with aromas of smoke, amaretti cookies, black licorice, violets, cola, and a pleasant minerality.
The palate is structured with balanced and bright acidity and ripe tannins. Flavors of spiced rum soaked blueberries, ripe blackberries, cherry cola, marzipan, violets and touches of anise and vanilla.
The Petit Verdot is good but the Cabernet Franc remains the best in the line of Inkblots. (2322 views) | | | Tasted by Bandreas on 10/28/2012 & rated 89 points: Dark carmine red color
good sweet fruit on the nose, not "jump-in-your-face" but fully present.
Good mouth-feel, well balanced with tannins present but not overbearing. Better than the 06 Avigliano drunk the night before... (2123 views) |
| Michael-David Vineyards Producer website
Petit Verdot Varietal character (Appellation America)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 Valley The Central California Winegrowers (Official site) | Central Valley (California Wine Institute)Lodi Lodi Woodbridge Winegrape Commission | Lodi District Grape Growers Association |
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