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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.9 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 19 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by DrZett on 2/11/2024 & rated 95 points: Blackberries, blueberries, dark chocolate, graphite, dried herbs and some sweet tobacco leafs. Full bodied with a nice, mineral and medium intense acidity. Velvety texture with beautiful integrated tannins. Very complex fruit structure an amazing overall complexity. The high alcohol (14.5%) is perfectly integrated. Super long finish, quite elegant.
Powerful and still quite young for a 12 year aged wine. Make sure to decant it for 2-3 hours. At least 15 more great years ahead. 95 points for now but with an even higher potential. (IG) (30 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 2/9/2023: Napa 2023: the quieter version; 2/6/2023-2/11/2023 (Napa/Sonoma California): Unlike the Melbury almost ready to go from the beginning. There’s this kindof pretty dark, almost peachy note that I am liking in wines at the moment. Some freshness, good tannin, lots of softness and very easy to drink. Still too young and while there’s a bit of secondary it’s more primary in style. (1398 views) | | | Tasted by Bearhead on 10/12/2022: mislabeled (799 views) | | | Tasted by RickyT12 on 8/23/2020 & rated 96 points: Decanted 2hrs. Beautiful wine. Fruit, but lots more. Herbs, ink. Dried herbs on roast meat, mushrooms, cedar, graphite, blackberry, tar, dark chocolate. Chocolate covered fruit, fig, mint and the famous dill that Bond and Harlan have. Well defined nose. Great mouth feel. Velvety. This could be one of the best bonds I have ever had. 96+ (2308 views) | | | Tasted by Niagara on 4/23/2020 & rated 92 points: Just not great. Good. Very good, even. (2207 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 1/10/2020: Another Year, Another Napa (aka Winter in Wineland IV); 1/5/2020-1/11/2020 (Napa/Sonoma California): Nose on this was wonderful but the wine itself was a lot shyer than the nose would suggest. Kindof dark and brooding and almost a bit elemental in style. Can almost taste a rocky terrain to it. Very balanced. I fully expect this wine to be awesome, but it was a bit quieter today. (3015 views) | | | Tasted by msuwine on 2/22/2019 & rated 97 points: This rich and elegant Cabernet is yet another fantastic 2012 from Bond - such great (and expensive) wines in such a great vintage. Ruby red in color and medium in body, the wine offers incredibly fresh aromas of blueberry, graphite, herbs, and fresh flowers. Incredibly integrated tastes of blackberry, mocha, gravel, and bay leaf, with a finish that goes on and on. The power and precision are just magical. 14.5% alcohol. Drink in next few years. (4099 views) | | | Tasted by ONEFIVE on 4/19/2018: Macerated red and black fruit. Cassis, and a touch of spice. Intense on the palate, tannin, fruit, and acidity are all firing. Body is lacking a bit giving the intensity of everything else. Not necessarily a bad thing as this will likely pick up more weight in time. It was served a bit warm which amplified the abrasiveness. Let it rest for a few more years if you can wait. (2886 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 11/12/2017 & rated 97 points: Inky on color, the wine is intensely concentrated, opulent, round and powerful. There is a depth of flavor combining black and blue fruits, smoke, vanilla bean, licorice and dark chocolate. The layers of deep fruits are impossible not to notice. But it's the lusty, luscious styling on the palate, with grace, roundness and purity, that leave the biggest impression. Drink now, if you enjoy primary fruit, or age it, for more earthness. Either way, this is a special bottle of California Cabernet Sauvignon. (3064 views) | | | Tasted by jswine15 on 5/25/2017 & rated 91 points: I liked it, although it was a bit lean and austere. Probably would benefit from a few more years of aging (2310 views) | | | Tasted by Eric Guido on 5/31/2016 & rated 93 points: The nose was closed at first, yet time in the glass revealed dark red fruits, pretty violet tones, baking spice and a hint of orange peel. It was graceful and silky on the palate, with a mix of spiced red and blue fruits, which seemed to coat the senses and slowly taper off to reveal savory minerality and a lasting impression of blueberry on the back palate. The ‘12 Quella is an understated wine and comes across with beautiful refinement and elegance. (3252 views) |
| By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, BOND: A Complete Retrospective (Nov 2017) (11/1/2017)
(Bond Quella Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, A Bond Extravaganza (Jun 2017) (6/17/2017)
(Bond Quella Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2013 Napa Valley: Once Upon a Time in America… (Oct 2015) (10/1/2015)
(Bond Quella Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, New Releases from Napa Valley: 2012 and 2013 (Dec 2014) (10/14/2014)
(Bond Quella Spring Valley, Howell Mt.) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2014, IWC Issue #174
(Bond Quella Red Wine Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| BOND Producer website
BOND: A portfolio of wines that are diverse in their geographic representation and 'Grand Cru' in quality, all under the umbrella of one philosophy, one team, one mark.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 |
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