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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.9 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 30 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by macliii on 3/30/2020 & rated 88 points: Nice dark fruit with good acidity and balance. A little smoke on the mid palette and medium finish. Went nicely with meatloaf dinner. (805 views) | | | Tasted by andrewshi on 11/17/2018: Seems past prime (1306 views) | | | Tasted by Jettoy1992 on 8/30/2017 & rated 91 points: Very good to,e to drink (2093 views) | | | Tasted by FullPolicyLimits on 1/11/2017 & rated 89 points: Drank a lot of this wine over the last 10 years-assorted vintages. Slightly past its prime. Popped and poured. Nose of leather, smoke, soy sauce? Red fruit a little tired but present, and wine is very smooth for first hour or so. Still enjoyable. Finish has hints of spice but wine is still luscious. (2364 views) | | | Tasted by flussier on 10/1/2015 & rated 91 points: Couleur bourgogne foncé. Beau nez un peu sucré sur le fruit mûr et confit, le grillé, chocolat, datte, boisé, prune. En bouche, vin rond, sur les arômes de boisé, grillé, fruit mûr et cerise. Bon accord avec légumes grillé. Long en bouche, une certaine lourdeur, un petit côté porto, vin trop boisé et sucré, typique des vins américains. Noté 89-90, mais noté 93 en décembre 2014, donc moyenne de 91. (2951 views) | | | Tasted by rdearing on 9/8/2015 & rated 88 points: Maybe a bit past its prime. (2354 views) | | | Tasted by Baron Slick on 7/18/2015 & rated 91 points: Deep ruby. Meaty nose shows blackberries, currants, licorice, cinnamon bark, and an underlying note of raw, Peruvian black olives. Rich and expressive, concentrated and masculine, it's a big wine that needs a bit of air to show its best. Displays fine length, ample tanning, black fruit flavors that turn savory, and spices on the finish. (2138 views) | | | Tasted by WineCenturyAZ on 5/1/2015 & rated 91 points: Deep purple in the glass, immediate nose of blackberry, likely drinking at its peak, delicious integration and balance of fruit, tannins, acid and wood. Palate is expressive with a hint of rum raisin, berries, black plum, cacao and tobacco leaf. Long lingering finish invites another sip. Very nice. (1366 views) | | | Tasted by macliii on 4/11/2014 & rated 90 points: Nice plum and dark fruit flavors on both the nose and palate with a medium to long finish. Did a compare and contrast with a 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape and did quite well and both wines went nicely with the roast pork loin with sage and fontina stuffing wrapped in prosciutto and apple compote. (1789 views) | | | Tasted by Neumannl on 9/7/2013 & rated 92 points: Enjoyed with some good friends before dinner with a little cheese! Great aroma of dark berries and a little smoke, showing a deep purple color. Rich and full bodied with lots of dark fruits and well placed tannins. Definitely a great wine at this price. (1177 views) | | | Tasted by M Macht on 1/28/2013 & rated 94 points: Dark, inky purple wine with blueberries, cedar and pine on the nose and palate. Full bodied with a long pleasing finish. Highly recommended. I wish that I had more. (1208 views) | | | Tasted by VinoPKM on 4/16/2012 & rated 88 points: The 88 is from day 3 (opened Friday and drank Monday)- this wine needs some time- but IMHO will never been great and an okay QPR @ $30+. Wine is a tad sweet and ok fruit- very syrah driven- cool weather syrah. Alc still coming through. Some dark berries and spice on the finish with a medium finish. On Friday the wine was a mess and too sweet. Glad to try, but money could be better spent else where. Drank better alone than with food.
Overall good- but expected more. (2721 views) | | | Tasted by Vinobrother on 12/24/2011 & rated 89 points: A fruit forward, new world style Rhone style blend. A very good wine on it's own or with lots of meaty food. Deep purple with aromas of black berries, plum, chocolate and cedar. Full bodied mouthfeel, decent balance, slightly higher alcohol to acid balance but the tannins keep it in check. Voluptuous and sexy wine! May or may not age well, too early to know but without the acid it might get flabby after five or so years. Very enjoyable by itself and with some cheese and bread. (2758 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Le Mistral Vineyard Producer websiteRed Rhone Blend Read about the different grapes used to produce red and white Rhone wines
On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes.
A 'food' wine. Lacking pretension and intended for local consumption with local cuisine. Lacks the 'high' notes on a Bordeaux, more earthy and sharper so often a better partner to meat dishes with a sauce. 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
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm
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