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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by csimm on 6/18/2016 & rated 93 points: Del Dotto Barrels & Beasts 2016 (Del Dotto Winery): Very notable depth of flavor. Just a nice hit of cedar and spice to add to the red and black berry notes. The wine was indeed "good," but what really elevated this was the food it was paired with. Very well done in that regard!
Served with Toasted Flour Ramini Buffalo Milk Tortellini; runner beans, veal sweetbreads, caciocavallo. The best dish/pairing of the night! (3487 views) | | | Tasted by Winevestor on 11/5/2011 & rated 89 points: Plum and a spritz on the nose. Strong acidity, with a backbone but only a modicum of fruit. A well made wine but not exciting. (2254 views) | | | Tasted by Skip4wine on 12/22/2010 & rated 90 points: Age wise this bottle is in its sweet spot. Plums, cedar and dusty tannins. Not as big as I remember it at the winery (or for that fact a later vintage I tasted at the winery last year). The acidity of the sangiovase is still prevelant. (2402 views) | | | Tasted by sesalmon on 12/6/2008: Lighter body with a weak finish, which is not the way I remember when tasting the wine at Del Dotto. It was somewhat disappointing! (2613 views) | | | Tasted by danseng on 1/20/2008: My bottle may have been a bit oxidized, but after a little while it improved a bit. Good wine for the $23 I paid for it, but not the $50 list price. Very light, not many Italian Sangiovese-like. Don't know what else is in this blend, but it tasted more like a Merlot. (2867 views) |
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Del Dotto Napa Valley Cave Tour Barrel Tasting -https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2017/08/del-dotto-napa-valley-cave-tour-barrel_12.htmlSangiovese BlendSangiovese blend is used in CellarTracker for Italian wines to represent wines predominantly made of Sangiovese and blended with traditional Italian grapes. It is different than SuperTuscan which is a blend of Sangiovese with non-traditional (eg Bordeaux) varieties, often in closer to equal portions. For example, Chianti is at least 80% Sangiovese and will always be listed Sangiovese 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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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