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 Vintage2003 Label 1 of 13 
(NOTE: Label borrowed from 2007 vintage.)
TypeRed
ProducerTrader Joe's (web)
VarietyMerlot
DesignationCoastal
Vineyardn/a
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionCentral Coast
AppellationCentral Coast

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2005 and 2010 (based on 5 user opinions)

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 89 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 1 note) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by Foliosus on 6/24/2012 & rated 89 points: After a decade, this was surprisingly good! (1433 views)

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Trader Joe's

Producer website

For all wines labeled 'Trader Joe's' on the front label, Cellartracker has adopted a policy of consistency with Producer = Trader Joe's.

The technical producer is usually listed at the bottom of the back label. Some producers listed are actual wineries with other own-branded wines and others are not. This producer within a particular label designation could change between vintages (and even within.) In order to provide information and make the wines easier to find, that producer name has been made a hidden search term for those wines.

Appellation also matters a lot with differentiating Trader Joe's wines.

Below is a list of the producer attached to particular Trader Joe's wine labels. Feel free to edit and/or amend as needed.

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Coastal - Castoro Cellars (All Trader Joe's Coastal wines appear to be from Castoro Cellars.)


Grand Reserve Meritage Rutherford - JBA Cellars
Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Reserve Rutherford - JBA Cellars


Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve - Mazzocco
Zinfandel Reserve - Mazzocco

Viñas Chilenas - Videma

Syrah Reserve Mendocino - DnA Vineyards
Petit Sirah Reserve Mendocino County - DnA Vineyards

Pinot Noir Grand Reserve - Adler Fels
Meritage Reserve Napa Valley - Adler Fels

Moscato Late Harvest - Canyon Ridge Vintners

Vintage Ale - Unibroue

Riesling Petit Reserve - ASV Wines
Sauvignon Blanc Grower's Reserve - ASV Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon Grower's Reserve - ASV Wines

Riesling Petit Reserve Columbia Valley - Vw Wine Group


Grand Reserve Meritage Napa Valley - Maxwell Creek

Brut Reserve NOrth Coast - Rack and Riddle

Mystos - Family Nueva / Familia Nueva
Syrah Reserve Paso Robles - Family Nueva / Familia Nueva
Cabernet Franc Petit Reserve Paso Robles - Family Nueva / Familia Nueva

Grand Reserve Meritage North Coast - Our Cellars

Pinot Noir Grand Reserve Russian River Valley - Patrick Slater / Truett Hurst
Pinot Noir Grand Reserve Sonoma County - Truett Hurst





Merlot

Merlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape. Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin.

USA

American 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.

California

2021 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

Central Coast

http://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html

http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/

http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm

Central Coast AVA Wikipedia

 
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