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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 22 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by SABRCW on 10/1/2023 & rated 90 points: Still young, but very drinkable (732 views) | | | Tasted by brady.lambert on 4/14/2023 & rated 92 points: I love this red Bordeaux blend! It is now my "Go-To Netflix in Bed" wine! Great nose, palate, aftertaste. Very rich! Thank you Cliff Lede! (957 views) | | | Tasted by jstrovel@gmail.com on 1/9/2023 & rated 88 points: Enjoyable as a pop and pour. Nice fruit forward wine and decent for the price. There is very little finish which contributed to score but maybe, just maybe it improves in a few years. (1225 views) | | | Tasted by salazar3416@gmail.com on 12/8/2022 & rated 78 points: $52.00 from GI DRS, BAST (not from first leaf) medium boldness on aroma, acidity 3, sweetness 4, tannin 3. No noted finish. 14.8% alcohol; 78 points. (1386 views) | | | Tasted by EMTAME on 10/23/2022 & rated 89 points: Lots of plush dark fruits and violets here, complemented by oaky vanilla on both the nose and the palate. Very approachable, tasty, and a good value for a Napa red. (1470 views) |
| Cliff Lede 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)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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