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| Drinking window: Drink between 2016 and 2022 (based on 3 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.8 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Sijan on 12/2/2018 & rated 93 points: Really lovely red - fantastic pure fruit on the nose with good spice complexity, followed through on the palate. Very well-balanced on the palate with good acidity and moderate tannins producing a sophisticated mouthfeel. Impressive stuff that I can easily see standing up to some top Bordeaux reds.
Aged 10 years then popped & poured. Was quite open from the get go. (579 views) | | | Tasted by TC16 on 9/30/2017 & rated 90 points: Better than I was expecting. This was, I'm fairly sure, the debut wine of RdV. Lots of plums, cassis, a little vanilla, touch of shoe leather. Give it time to breath as the tannins are pretty drying when first opens. I suspect this has a medium term life ahead of itself, but don't have a ton of experience aging VA wine. Is it worth the cost? In absolute terms probably not. But, it's one of the best VA wines I've had and it's fun to support the local industry. (742 views) | | | Tasted by TheWinedown on 5/9/2015 & rated 89 points: So much hype left me a bit disappointed. A good wine no doubt, and well made. To me though, it was too extracted and too oaked. Dense plum color, nose of vanilla (oak), plums, cassis, blackberry, and some leather. Similar descriptors on the palate. Heavy sharp tannins, medium acidity, medium-plus body. Long length. Some sediment at the bottom of the bottle.
Drank over two days and the tasting notes remain fairly similar although the tannins mellowed out much more the second night which was most helpful. If you open this now, give it a long decant. I wish I had left this for another five years. Better yet, I wish I hadn't paid $80 for the bottle at all. (1223 views) | | | Tasted by TwoSmoochies on 4/28/2012 & rated 87 points: I probably would have given this a few more points if it wasn't so expensive. (1756 views) | | | Tasted by wrrntl on 12/1/2011: I do not drink much VA wine but this one is serious. I don't usually like this style (at all) but this wine compelled me at least to return to the glass. Very pure fruit with plum and spice. A hint of greenness on the backend, maybe Cab Franc or VA climat coming through ;) (1916 views) |
| 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.Virginia Virginia Wines (Virginia Wineries Association) |
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