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| Community Tasting Notes (average 83 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by danscellar on 9/1/2008: Overdone, no good, poured it down the drain (1144 views) | | Tasted by danscellar on 5/11/2008 & rated 73 points: This one went past its prime by a pretty good distance (1172 views) | | Tasted by danscellar on 4/6/2008 flawed bottle: It should not be too old but it sure had an overdone flavor to it, we dumped it out (1196 views) | | Tasted by 97mjr on 8/1/2004 & rated 88 points: nose: buttery; on the palate buttery with citrus lemon finish. This tasting was very in your face, lacked complexity; tasted previously and remember more spice, oak, and fruit, limited finish. Previously would have given a 90-91; however this tasting was less remarkable. (1815 views) |
| St. Francis Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeUSAAmerican 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 CountySonoma ValleySonoma County, California, is one of the most important winegrowing regions in the whole of the United States. Vines have been planted here since the 1850s and, apart from the inevitable hiatus brought about by Prohibition, the county's relationship with wine has been prolific and unbroken.
Viticulturally speaking, Sonoma County is divided into three distinct sections: Sonoma Valley, Northern Sonoma and Sonoma Coast. Each of these has its own AVA title and encompasses several sub-AVAs within its boundaries. |
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