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| Drinking window: Drink between 1990 and 1992 (based on 37 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 1 note) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Mrbuzz on 7/5/2011 & rated 87 points: Very lite brown rose, yellowish orange rim color. Funky nose of walnut oil, house fire, cold soaked tea bags, earth spice. Very interesting nose...it does grow on you! Hey...in the mouth, not bad? Has a nice Pinot-ish plushness to it, with a little dried citrus acid lift. Lite bodied, yet has some oomph to it(but 12 1/2 alc), like a very old Zin. Again, some strange flavors on the palate....that walnut oil, dried roses, tea, fermenting dried berries, strawberry patch. Very much alive with some orange citrus acidity...but that smoky walnut thing is weird! An "interesting" wine! I kind of like it..in a weird kind of way. (1735 views) |
| Heitz Cellar Producer websiteGrignolinoProducers in the Asti region try to model Grignolino on the wines of Beaujolais and those made from the Dolcetto grape in the Cuneo. These light bodied, pale colored wines are made to be consumed young and while waiting for the brawnier, Nebbiolo and Barbera based wines of the region to age. While the grapes are relatively low in alcohol at around 11-12% ABV, they do have a significant amount of tannins due to the abundance of pips, or seeds. Modern winemaking techniques try to minimize the amount of tannin extraction by utilizing slow and gentle pressings. Wines made from Grignolino can have noticeably strong acidity and fruity aroma with alpine notes.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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