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| Drinking window: Drink between 2012 and 2014 (based on 15 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.8 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 29 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by foobarski on 4/27/2013 & rated 86 points: Just a good quality Napa wine at a very reasonable price ... you won't be amazed by it, but neither will you find it offensive in any way. It's just good drinking. (2614 views) | | | Tasted by ivsimler on 4/14/2013 & rated 88 points: Definitely pretty damn delicious....like a napa blend should be, but at a far far lower price. (2656 views) | | | Tasted by ivsimler on 12/28/2012 & rated 90 points: Yeah...buy and drink...buy and drink...until they stop selling it.... (3291 views) | | | Tasted by JaynPam on 12/10/2012 & rated 86 points: Good QPR. (3391 views) | | | Tasted by Benj on 11/25/2012 & rated 84 points: Considering the range of Bordeaux blends produced this side of the Atlantic, this isn't a bad effort. It's excessively oaked (they say 20 months) and overripe, but so are a lot of these wines. If you like this style, it's a decent buy for $13, but I expect many will find the fruit and oak a little too sweet and overdone. (2862 views) | | | Tasted by ivsimler on 11/21/2012 & rated 90 points: A truly outstanding wine from Trader Joe's. (bottled by JBA cellars?) (1539 views) | | | Tasted by johnnyo on 1/13/2012 & rated 89 points: Excellent QPR! (2200 views) | | | Tasted by kbosch74 on 1/3/2012 & rated 89 points: I can't believe this wine for $13. I'm going to load up on this for weekday dinners. (3443 views) | | | Tasted by gatame on 12/4/2011: Confusingly the 750 ml version is from a different producer than the otherwise identically labelled magnum. The 750 is 30% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Cabernet Franc, 16% Malbec, 8% Petit Verdot. 20 months in barrels.
The 750 is very good though not especially memorable. Good body, moderate tannins, oak, red fruit, and vanilla. (2201 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Trader Joe's Producer website
For all wines labeled 'Trader Joe's' on the front label, Cellartracker has adopted a policy of consistency with Producer = Trader Joe's.
The technical producer is usually listed at the bottom of the back label. Some producers listed are actual wineries with other own-branded wines and others are not. This producer within a particular label designation could change between vintages (and even within.) In order to provide information and make the wines easier to find, that producer name has been made a hidden search term for those wines.
Appellation also matters a lot with differentiating Trader Joe's wines.
Below is a list of the producer attached to particular Trader Joe's wine labels. Feel free to edit and/or amend as needed.
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Coastal - Castoro Cellars (All Trader Joe's Coastal wines appear to be from Castoro Cellars.)
Grand Reserve Meritage Rutherford - JBA Cellars
Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Reserve Rutherford - JBA Cellars
Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve - Mazzocco
Zinfandel Reserve - Mazzocco
Viñas Chilenas - Videma
Syrah Reserve Mendocino - DnA Vineyards
Petit Sirah Reserve Mendocino County - DnA Vineyards
Pinot Noir Grand Reserve - Adler Fels
Meritage Reserve Napa Valley - Adler Fels
Moscato Late Harvest - Canyon Ridge Vintners
Vintage Ale - Unibroue
Riesling Petit Reserve - ASV Wines
Sauvignon Blanc Grower's Reserve - ASV Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon Grower's Reserve - ASV Wines
Riesling Petit Reserve Columbia Valley - Vw Wine Group
Grand Reserve Meritage Napa Valley - Maxwell Creek
Brut Reserve NOrth Coast - Rack and Riddle
Mystos - Family Nueva / Familia Nueva
Syrah Reserve Paso Robles - Family Nueva / Familia Nueva
Cabernet Franc Petit Reserve Paso Robles - Family Nueva / Familia Nueva
Grand Reserve Meritage North Coast - Our Cellars
Pinot Noir Grand Reserve Russian River Valley - Patrick Slater / Truett Hurst
Pinot Noir Grand Reserve Sonoma County - Truett Hurst
Red 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.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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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