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| Drinking window: Drink between 2022 and 2029 (based on 43 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.7 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mhauser on 10/19/2023: Wayyyyy too young (370 views) | | | Tasted by Mike Dildine on 4/16/2021 & rated 93 points: So penetrating and complex for a wine this young. Also delicious! (1178 views) | | | Tasted by Mike Dildine on 4/7/2021 & rated 92 points: These are so consistent. The '19 Shale is going to be terrific. (983 views) | | | Tasted by ptaylor2112 on 2/20/2021: No rating on purpose. I'm not sure if this is ready. There's a little bit of powdered sugar sweetness (just a dusting, nothing cloying) that makes me want to hold off for a while. Suggest holding until 2024 and even that might be early.
(For those on the mailing list, Scherrer does a library sale from time to time. I may avail myself of that.) (630 views) |
| Scherrer Winery Producer website
Scherrer Winery produces small batches of Pinot Noir, Old Vine Zinfandel, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvingon from the Russian River and Alexander Valleys.
Everyone seems to believe in doing minimal manipulation with the goal of letting the vineyard site speak. Additionally, I try to make good tasting wine that will age well. Since grapes do not walk off the vines and into the winery, let alone into barrels and bottles, we must actually do something with the grapes and wine along the way from time to time. Rest assured that I do try to get in the way as little as possible while trying to achieve the desired outcome. Most of our work is done and choices are made during the harvest season. Afterward, there is little reason to touch a wine on a wonderful trajectory. With the exception of our Dry Rosé, all our wines are bottled without fining or filtration. I regularly underplay the wines' provenance rather than overplay it. This causes some confusion and frustrates merchants who sell our wines. For this, I offer my apologies. I am, however, unlikely to change this deeply engrained habit.Zinfandel ZAP: Zinfandel Advocates & Producers | Varietal character (Appellation America) | Wikipedia-ZinfandelUSAAmerican 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyAlexander Valley Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
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