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| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.5 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by darrel_f on 9/14/2008 & rated 89 points: Nice nose of black and white pepper. Flavors of blackberry, plum, structure a little loose but drinking well at the moment, not something I'd cellar forever, on the other hand it's a very nice wine that I'd proudly recommend. (1205 views) | | Tasted by RajivAyyangar on 7/4/2008 & rated 84 points: Calaveras County Wine Tasting (The Twisted Oak Winery, and Murphys, CA.): Very dark, like the cab franc. Faint brett on the nose. Black pepper, a little plum - not that clear or delicious of a nose. Great viscosity - meaty in the mouth. Good extraction and midpalate flavors. med- tannins. 15% alcohol and holds it well. This black pepper and plum Rhone profile is not one of my favorite, but I think this is a pretty good effort in that style. Best of the Hatcher wines. Probably 87-89 if you like Rhone peppers and plum. $23 (2783 views) |
| Hatcher Winery Producer WebsiteRed Rhone Blend Read about the different grapes used to produce red and white Rhone wines On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes.
A 'food' wine. Lacking pretension and intended for local consumption with local cuisine. Lacks the 'high' notes on a Bordeaux, more earthy and sharper so often a better partner to meat dishes with a sauce. 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 Sierra FoothillsAmadorCalaveras County Calaveras Winegrape Alliance |
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