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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.4 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 18 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by JLPwine on 9/21/2020 & rated 73 points: Hearty red. Better after it opened a bit. Cork failed. Had to dig it out. Definitely time to finish this vintage off. (569 views) | | | Tasted by Rick 4 Wine on 9/20/2016 & rated 91 points: Definitely a poor QPR wine.
Consistent with my prior notes, fruit remained red and astrid...even becoming more red with age. Heat has become more pronounced as the fruit is dropping off. This definitely reminds me of why I quit the Michel Schlumberger wine club years ago. (1487 views) | | | Tasted by Rick 4 Wine on 4/14/2015 & rated 93 points: Drinking well here and showing some graceful maturity since my last tasting. I'm bumping the score a point probabky because of my proclivity for the developed forest floor and wet earth that is coming through especially late palette through finish. I don't think age helps this wine as it is balanced except for the first five seconds in the mouth...there is a heat that come whether acid or alcohol (or both) but it sits down quickly. I think more age brings that heat later in the body as the fruit won't be there to balance the wine. (1704 views) | | | Tasted by Kahnru12 on 2/22/2015 & rated 93 points: The nose. Stunning. After a 2 hour decant, it's fabulous. The fruit on the nose is the gateway to the enjoyment of this wine. At this point in this wine's life, you gotta get it in the glass & let it grow. Same fruits on nose intensify on the palate. Lots of blueberry, all the fruit enters the palate & sits there for a while. Tannins show themselves at end, still plenty of time left on this vintage! (1717 views) | | | Tasted by Rick 4 Wine on 8/26/2014 & rated 92 points: This wine is drinking better and better; it's still a little backward as a pop and pour but after decanting for an hour and swirling the nose started to develop nicely with big fruit and pepper amid other spicy notes. The body still seems tight and slightly astringent but the finish rounds out a bit more and lingers with fruit. No real oak coming through, this is a leaner cabernet blend with some malbec for spice and merlot for softness. The dry creek comes through with some earth in the early body. (1909 views) | | | Tasted by Gschlumb on 5/10/2014 & rated 94 points: began slightly leaden but opened significantly after decanting. Great fruit, still plenty of structure. (1771 views) | | | Tasted by jj96 on 2/11/2014 & rated 90 points: Day 1: 89; vacuum seal; Day 2: 90 (851 views) | | | Tasted by Rick 4 Wine on 11/6/2013 & rated 92 points: Even now this wine needs an hour or two to open up, although I didn't decant. While it is a Sonoma cab, the wine is inky and dark, but few lees or particulants left behind. The fruit is big and lingering like blackberries when you crush the little seeds in your teeth and suck on them, so is the finish on this wine. Much better than I thought it would be, until I looked at the price. Will drink for another decade but not improve much past the next 3-5 years. (779 views) | | | Tasted by jcsf420 on 9/3/2011 & rated 89 points: A royal tannin bomb! This was opened way too soon. This probably needs 5-6 years before its approachable but has big time potential. (2462 views) | | | Tasted by oaklandwinelover on 11/19/2010 & rated 87 points: still a bit young, will wait a while before drinking the next bottle (2638 views) |
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MICHEL-SCHLUMBERGER WINE ESTATE
4155 WINE CREEK ROAD, HEALDSBURG, CALIFORNIA 95448
PHONE 800-447-3060 FAX 707-433-0444 wine@michelschlumberger.com
www.michelschlumberger.comRed Blend.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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyDry Creek Valley Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley | Dry Creek Valley Association | Appellation America | San Francisco Chronicle Article |
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