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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2016 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.4 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mdkraft99 on 3/5/2021 & rated 90 points: Opened and aerated, drank over about 2 hours, served with beef stroganoff. Overall good, but I think past its prime, bummed we waited too long. It was still good - tight initially, better once it opened up; blackberry, dsrk fruit, cassis, hint of leather, smooth tannins, medium finish. (730 views) | | | Tasted by Krrussum on 5/24/2020 & rated 63 points: Drinkable but past it’s prime. Was lost in my cellar (838 views) | | | Tasted by tomoem on 2/11/2017 & rated 92 points: As in the previous tasting this wine is a well balanced mid level red. Blackberry fruit with a velvet like prune core which is kept in check with spice and tannin. Long finish. (2256 views) | | | Tasted by tomoem on 11/17/2016 & rated 92 points: An even better wine than I remember having before. Aromas of cassis and dark berries. Sweet Pinot Noir like flavors on the tongue which flips to black berries and then to a lingering acidic but slightly lead pencil finish. (2116 views) | | | Tasted by winecadence on 7/3/2016 & rated 91 points: Wonderful bottle. Lighter red blend. Fruit forward. Served with shrimp. Paired beautifully. (2340 views) | | | Tasted by Phoenix Rising on 5/21/2016 & rated 91 points: I absolutely loved this wine! If I had to compare it, it came very close to Jordan which I adore.
All blackberries and cream with just enough tannins to be like "the things that make you go hmmm"
I absolutely cannot wait to try the 2012, that will truly be stunning... (2037 views) | | | Tasted by tomoem on 4/21/2016 & rated 91 points: Decided to open another after ordering a few more from the winery. This wine is better the second day. As stated in previous notes it is lighter than most California Bordeaux blends. Like previous tasting I sensed the herbal undertone with a blackberry & cedar like cigar-box finish. Medium length finish. Well balanced (1830 views) | | | Tasted by dkhubnyc on 2/15/2016 & rated 90 points: I'm a Bordeaux fan that used to be into California cabs before they turned into extracted fruit bombs.
This wine from a cooler 2011 and with a lower than avg alcohol content proves to be a great bottle.
Still a few tannins that make the initial taste a little spicy and ends with the same spice but the middle is balanced with a good amount of fruit.
I think this is good to drink now with some air or it may be even better in a few years once the tannins work themselves out.
Delicious. (1133 views) | | | Tasted by twither on 12/2/2015 & rated 91 points: Much better on day 2. 91-92. (1195 views) | | | Tasted by tomoem on 11/2/2015 & rated 91 points: A really delicious wine which is lighter than most cab's yet as flavorful as some much more expensive one's There was a noticeable herbal undertone with a blackberry & cedar like cigar-box finish. (1000 views) | | | Tasted by jcarptr on 12/6/2014: Drank at Hall and Oates concert (1424 views) |
| Juslyn Vineyards Producer website
When British ex-patriots Perry and Carolyn Butler moved to California in 1982, they never dreamed they would own 42 acres of prime vineyard land in the heart of Napa Valley.
They arrived in California as high-tech pioneers and founded their own computer company in the San Francisco Bay area. After routine 80-hour work weeks, the couple relaxed
during weekend trips to Napa Valley, where they were bitten by the wine bug. Dreams of high-tech dominance soon turned to thoughts of returning to the land and grape growing.
In 1997, their dream became a reality when Perry and Carolyn sold their computer business and founded Juslyn Vineyards on a site overlooking the renowned Spring Mountain Winery.
(The name, Juslyn, is derived from the names, Justine-the Butlers' daughter-and Carolyn.) In 1998, they made their first vintage of Juslyn from grapes purchased from Andy Beckstoffer
as they waited patiently for their own vines to mature. Their patience paid in 2000, when they were able to harvest their estate for the first time to produce 80 cases of Spring Mountain
cabernet sauvignon. Perry and Carolyn are committed to making the best wine possible in the heart of Napa Valley's acclaimed Spring Mountain District. 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)Spring Mountain DistrictWikipedia article on the Spring Mountain Distric AVA. |
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