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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.2 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by dfcrutcher on 1/20/2024 & rated 93 points: Strong black cherry/berry. Good tannin. Good acid. Good balance. Medium-plus weight. should be even better with a little more time. (289 views) | | | Tasted by HoppeArnerich on 12/25/2023: Drinking super well right now. Particularly with prime rib. (260 views) | | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 5/25/2021 & rated 96 points: Monthly Men's Wine Dinner (2120 Restaurant, Seattle): Spicy, intense Spring Mountain Cab that deepened with a bit of air, filling the palate with chewy, focused goodness. My #2 of 6 and the group's #3. (1845 views) | | | Tasted by Yondan on 5/3/2021 & rated 90 points: This will be a great wine. Right now, it is a bit tight and needs more time in the bottle. I suggest holding till 2022 or later. (1384 views) | | | Tasted by Delko90 on 7/13/2020 & rated 93 points: Nose: Dark cherry, raspberry, chocolate, spice, black pepper, various floral notes.
Palate: nice round tannins, small burst of acidity on back end of palate. Flavors include big fresh red fruit and plum. Slight heat can be felt after the palate.
Some age can benefit but drinking great now. (1781 views) | | | Tasted by Bordeaux Lady on 4/3/2020 & rated 95 points: Enjoyed from cellar with decanting over 3 hours. Delightfully smooth & balanced. (1663 views) |
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Vinous, Napa Valley’s Extraordinary 2016 Cabernets (Dec 2018) (12/1/2018)
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| Robert Keenan Winery Producer websiteRed 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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