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| Drinking window: Drink between 2014 and 2015 (based on 3 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 79 pts. and median of 80 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by domino009 on 11/26/2015 & rated 85 points: I didn't like this wine at first. Two years later I came to love it. The alcohol is no longer dominant, the wine has opened up, and the fruit has come forward. It is drinking very nicely for an $8/bottle wine. (1411 views) | | | Tasted by cjheinrich84 on 8/31/2014 & rated 75 points: Alcohol overwhelms this wine. Through the burn, notes of blackberry, licorice, green bell pepper and black pepper. (2021 views) | | | Tasted by hoops92 on 5/19/2013 & rated 85 points: Initially harsh, alcohol and fruit not melded. Opened up a bit, but still not persuasive. (2492 views) | | | Tasted by BrandiLove on 5/4/2013 & rated 69 points: So you might get the idea from my other tasting notes that I like everything I drink .. this is not the case lol.
I bought the 2009 Balance - Red Field Blend because of the write ups and their organic farming techniques. Unfortunately I intensely dislike this wine.
I cant get past the nose which honestly smells like they aged this in barrels filled with hay. The aroma was so repugnant to me that we opened up the second bottle thinking the first might have been corked.
Perhaps the nose disrupted my ability to taste however the wine also tasted like a barn smells. I hate to sound so negative but it was truly overpowering.
Not something I would purchase again. (3519 views) | | | Tasted by hoops92 on 12/31/2012 & rated 87 points: Tart cherries - a bit less full bodied than I expected. More balanced on the second day (no pun intended) (1727 views) | | | Tasted by OTTnMIA on 10/1/2012: Been too long to score it or write a descriptive note; but this was a really well-made and delicious field blend, especially at this price point! (1123 views) |
| Red 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 North CoastThe North Coast American Viticultural Area (AVA) in California, covering more than three million acres, includes Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties, and portions of Marin and Solano counties. (see The Wine Institute for more information)Mendocino County Mendocino Winegrape & Wine Commission
Eagle Peak, Mendocino County AVA:
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