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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.3 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mmarcil on 8/19/2011 & rated 91 points: Initial bold backberry tase. Smooth and with lavender. The wine has a finish like a port wine. The wine is a bit confusing with a lot of flavor dynamics. The caracteristics have an older wine profile, but still holds fruit. The wine was better then we expected. (1387 views) | | | Tasted by TwoTakos on 9/5/2010 & rated 94 points: Lovely, lovely wine, soft on the edges just still plenty of fruit flavor, blackberry and later on hints of cherry. Interesting to note that our bottle had not yet taken on any of the slight changes in color that the other reviewer noted, otherwise a very similar tasting experience and notes. Although 13 years old, it really seemed to open up after 30-40 minutes like a younger wine, wonderful additional layers of flavor detected as we got to the second half of the bottle. I think this is just about the peak, would drink right about now if you are holding. (1218 views) | | | Tasted by BigShlo on 6/30/2009 & rated 95 points: Just a gorgeous wine. Deep purple, dark mulberry alluring color. Bronzing but not sedimented. Starting to take on some color nuances of age but all positive. Nose of blackberry, some black currant and kirsch. Hints of eucalyptus and green pepper dancing around. Very well integrated oak with subtle vanilla. Man is this wine yummy. Texture like velvet. Thick, dark legs painting the glass. Slippery and full bodied. Great finish. Slightly drying but not a dry finish. Flavorful and long. Tannins are very mature and perfectly balanced. This wine with age holds none of the heat it used to, all of the fruit, and then subtle other layers of aroma and flavor. If you can find a bottle, buy and drink. (1381 views) |
| Davis Bynum Producer websiteRed 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.Meritage The Meritage Association
What Is Meritage?
In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify hand-crafted wines blended from the traditional "noble" Bordeaux varietals including: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot and Malbec or Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, and Sauvignon Vert."Meritage," pronounced like "heritage," was selected from more than 6,000 entries in an international contest to name the new wine category. Meritage is an invented word that combines "merit" and "heritage" - reflecting the spirit of members of The Meritage Association. Meritage® is a registered trademark of The Meritage Association. To use this name on your wine label, please contacthttp://www.meritagewine.org/ about becoming a member.
Who's Legal?http://www.meritagewine.org/new_members.htmlUSAAmerican 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 CountyRussian River Valley Russian River Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia |
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