External search
Google (images)
Wine Advocate
Wine Spectator
Burghound
Wine-Searcher
Vintages
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
Show more
From this producer
Show all wines
All tasting notes
|
| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.9 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 111 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Ed B on 2/21/2024 & rated 94 points: PnP. No detailed notes. Smooth and wonderful. (151 views) | | | Tasted by dalewortham on 3/13/2018 & rated 88 points: Funny smell. Not corked. Was ok. (2048 views) | | | Tasted by Ed B on 7/10/2017 & rated 92 points: PnP at restaurant. No detailed notes. Very smooth and flavorful. Drinking well now. (3799 views) | | | Tasted by vino_Kaz on 5/7/2017 & rated 93 points: Exceptional right now (3777 views) | | | Tasted by jedwilson on 3/13/2016 & rated 90 points: A solid effort from a solid winery. This is a wine to enjoy on "daily" occasion (versus a special occasion/event). Very nice balance of acidity, tannins, dark fruit and body. While this is a product of the vaunted 2007 harvest, this wine will not get better with any additional age. Drink soon.
The wine looks inky colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. (5409 views) | | | Tasted by JCGuthrie on 10/29/2015 flawed bottle: Corked (5432 views) | | | Tasted by Matches on 12/27/2014 & rated 91 points: Smoky fireplace affecting my senses, so this won't be a very high quality review.
Pretty dark ruby in the glass. Fresh and young nose, lovely berry pie notes.
Ripe, full fruit. Rich flavor. Focused and clean. A bit of grain to the fine tannins, and enough acid to keep things defined.
In my limited experience, these type of wines don't gain a lot of complexity over time. I would drink this stuff now before the fruit starts to fade. (5752 views) | | | Tasted by Tyler C on 12/4/2014 & rated 90 points: Opened up after an hour or so. Not a lot complexity, but was nice. (3957 views) | | | Tasted by Vailman on 11/10/2014 & rated 90 points: Pleasant, easy drinking wine. Agree with others: cherry, plums and tobacco. Smooth tannins, medium finish. A little disappointed because 07 was a great vintage in Napa and I expected this to be special. (3911 views) | | | Tasted by Zuperdaave on 9/14/2014 & rated 95 points: Delicious! Inky purple color with slow, thin legs. Cherry on the nose. Soft, smooth flavors of cherry, tobacco, and chocolate. A favorite. (3093 views) | | | Tasted by Nils1921 on 4/27/2014: black fruit; the bottle we opened had just a hint of cork in the after taste; we will revisit in a year (2271 views) | | | Tasted by Nils1921 on 4/27/2014 & rated 89 points: black fruit; the bottle we opened had just a hint of cork in the after taste; we will revisit in a year (3515 views) | | | Tasted by Furry Goat on 3/26/2014 & rated 89 points: Drinking well right now. 1 hour decant. (2383 views) | | | Tasted by JLPwine on 3/10/2014 & rated 90 points: Decant minimum 1 hour. Very nice! Seems like peak drinking now. Must drink the balance of the case during the next year. (2437 views) | | | Tasted by dboatguy on 3/9/2014 & rated 92 points: excellent - very nicely aged (2041 views) | | | Tasted by Celts86 on 2/17/2014 & rated 90 points: This is drinking really well right now, one of my favorites. Fruit is mellowing a bit, decanted for 1.5 hours. Have four left. (1645 views) | | | Tasted by skifree on 11/21/2013 & rated 91 points: Last bottle at Chinook Tavern in Englewood, Co. Big wine that was very young even after a decant. Lots of fruit, lots of mocha, spine of tannins underneath indicating it could soften with age. (2546 views) | | | Tasted by rkosd on 11/2/2013 & rated 89 points: Great with steak. Not so great on its own (2371 views) | | | Tasted by Skinneyku on 10/24/2013: Gave to Hugh! (2553 views) | | | Tasted by gavinesq on 10/11/2013 & rated 89 points: Nice. Plums, pencil shavings, cedar and hints of something minty. The fruit opens up with a little air. The tannins are pretty soft. This probably won't get better with more time in the bottle, but it's still very nice right now. The color is not too deep and shows just the slightest hint of bricking around the edge of the glass. The wine is the tiniest bit foxy, but I don't think it's flawed or corked and it's not unpleasant. Had with a steak and potatoes and was an excellent pairing. (2458 views) | | | Tasted by Furry Goat on 9/19/2013 & rated 90 points: 1.5 hr decant. Went fantastically with porterhouse and asparagus. Currant, great structure. Drinking fantastically right now. (2631 views) | | | Tasted by gavinesq on 12/25/2012 & rated 89 points: Nice wine. A bit thin on the mouthfeel, a bit astringent and tannic, but much of this blew off after some aeration. Dust and cedar on the front with some mild hints of white pepper and pencil shavings. The fruit is there but it isn't terribly robust. Not a bad bottle but may improve with some additional time. (4880 views) | | | Tasted by JLPwine on 12/5/2012 & rated 91 points: Wonderful nose, dark fruit, cherry and a bit of spice. Still seems a bit young with the tannins present. Decanted for 1 hour...could have used more. Nice! (4850 views) | | | Tasted by soyhead on 11/17/2012 & rated 90 points: nose- blackberry, maple, mocha
mouth - supple dark fruit, cassis, licorice. not complex but yummy. (5134 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 11/11/2012: Slow-O 1 hour, consumed over the following hour. One of the better vintages for this wine in some time. Still, it needs another year or so to soften up and lose some of soapy new oak qualities. For $29 a great value for those that prefer new world wines. Not something I would seek out at any price. Best enjoyed at cellar temp. (5230 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (2/23/2012)
(Franciscan Estate Magnificat) Opaque black red violet color; appealing, tart black fruit, tart berry nose; tasty, ripe berry, ripe black fruit palate; needs 2-3 years; medium-plus finish 89 points |
NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of RJonWine.com. (manage subscription channels) |
| Franciscan Estate Producer websiteFranciscan Estate MagnificatMagnificat is one of the original Meritage blends in California, a wine Franciscan has proudly produced since 1985. Named for J.S. Bach’s masterpiece, it is crafted to be as seamless and harmonious as its musical namesake. Starting with over 200 small lots of red wine, Magnificat is created to showcase our finest Bordeaux blend of the vintage. Carefully assessing each lot as it ages in barrel, we create the blend with repeated trials and blind tastings. Pre-fermentation is with a cold soak of 4 days to enhance color and body. Fermentation and maceration average 22 days to build structure and integrate mouthfeel. Depending on how the varieties express in a given year, the composition will be different, always shaped to provide consistency of style. The wine is founded on Cabernet Sauvignon, but true to Meritage, uses other Bordeaux varietals to give roundness, structure, and rich complexity.Red 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.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 |
|
