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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by shellylowen on 7/30/2022 & rated 94 points: Awesome mouth coating tannins with blackberry and cassis. Very long finish. (274 views) | | | Tasted by davidandrose on 10/9/2020 & rated 94 points: These notes are taken after two hours breathing from the bottle, not decanted. Dark, brooding color with coffee and tobacco on the nose.
Flavors continue with a complex, multi layered blend of coffee, cigar, and a hint of fig. Talons offer a dry finish that allow the flavors to linger for 25+ seconds.
With continued time, the tannins soften further but the finish continues for quite some time. Really solid wine that’s in no rush but in a great place. 4.5 hrs after opening this is really hitting a stride; fig has disappeared and the wine exhibits a sophisticated elegance that raises the score to 94 or 95. (646 views) | | | Tasted by davidandrose on 10/2/2019 & rated 94 points: Pop and pour. What to say other yowza! If I didn’t know otherwise, I’d take this for a 10 YO 2nd growth Bordeaux from a good year. Cigar, pine needles, earth, herbs and black cherry on the nose.
An hour after opening this has softened more than I’d expect but is very easy to drink for a wine where the fruit plays second fiddle. One heckuva Wednesday, and until some socialist makes me feel otherwise, “God Bless America.” (725 views) |
| 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)St. Helena Appellation Napa Valley
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