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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.7 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by Wine4jd on 12/3/2017: We liked this one. Ann would order more (2057 views) | | Tasted by kylerogers on 8/15/2017 & rated 90 points: Nose: Blackberry, blueberry, cinnamon, saddle leather Palate: Blackberry, coffee, baking spices, leather, dark earth. (2447 views) | | Tasted by lordzillarf on 7/4/2017 & rated 74 points: Very average (2360 views) | | Tasted by 82Latour on 5/31/2015 & rated 90 points: Cinnamon, all spice on the palate. Black pepper and cherry nose, bigish rough tannins. Nice wine. (4245 views) | | Tasted by wmccone54 on 4/25/2015 & rated 92 points: Austin Food and Wine Festival: Nicely done. Fruit is balanced, and juicy. Probably one of the best of the day (3940 views) |
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A visit to Trefethen winery estate in Oak Knoll District, Napa Valley - https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2013/05/trefethen-family-napa-valley-estate.htmlMerlotMerlot 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.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) |
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