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| Drinking window: Drink between 2009 and 2015 (based on 51 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 84.7 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by askoje on 9/3/2016 & rated 88 points: Deep dark red color. Bright nose, blackcurrant/blackberry candy. Wet pine branches and soil. Medium body, surprisingly lively, well balanced and solid finish. Some eukalyptus elements on both the nose and palate that becomes more dominant with some air. Very interesting. Yet another Truchard wine that has kept very well in the cellar. (1280 views) | | | Tasted by RWCA on 10/14/2012 & rated 87 points: Good solid wine that was a bit heavy on the tongue. Not impressive, but not unimpressive either. (1971 views) | | | Tasted by sraders on 2/14/2011 & rated 86 points: Decanted for an hour in view of some of the published ratings and found the wine to have big fruit and some black pepper and tannins were smoother than expected. I enjoy Truchard wines and while this is not as nice as their Cabs, it went well with dinner. (2542 views) | | | Tasted by askoje on 2/21/2010 & rated 85 points: Clean medium red color. The nose opens with cool blackberries, then earthly and a hint of a gamey component.
The taste opens light then gets thicker on the palate. Clean, balanced and with a touch of spices on the finish (2656 views) | | | Tasted by Maestro on 8/23/2009 & rated 81 points: I usually like the wines from Truchard very much, but this Syrah fall quite short of impressing. Heavy fruit and heavy alcohol. Hot, overdriven by black pepper aromas, and a bit disjointed. It improves with aeration, but it fails to impress. (3126 views) | | | Tasted by admid on 4/21/2009 & rated 77 points: Blueish red
Aroma is characterised by forrest fruits and some pepper
Full-bodied and over extracted, too much of everything. Some freshness (camphor) in the mid palate.
Decent length, though. (1903 views) |
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Jo Anne Truchard at the 2006 Hospice du Rhone in Paso Robles, Calif.
The Truchard Estate Vineyard is located in the Carneros region of the Napa Valley. It is 270 acres of hills and valleys, which contain a variety of soils: clay, shale, sandstone, limestone, volcanic ash and rock. The combination of terrain, geology, and marine-moderated temperatures, provides “micro-climates” well suited for wine-growing. Cabernet Sauvignon is planted in several different sites -on steep, southwestern-facing hillsides. The vines range from 3 to 25 years old, and produce wines that are deep in color, dominated by lush flavors of plum, berry, and spice. Cabernet Franc, grown in the “Highlands” area of the vineyard, is blended in to provide additional softness, structure, and complexitySyrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. 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 / SonomaSONOMA: The Yorkville Highlands AVA, approved in 1998, is located in the southwestern corner of Mendocino County, between Sonoma County's Alexander Valley to the South and Mendocino County!s Anderson Valley to the North. The region is 25 miles long, roughly in the shape of rectangle and bisected by Highway 128 which runs the length of the AVA. The region!s terrain is hilly and forested, with elevations ranging from 1,078 to 2,442 feet above sea level.
The distinguishing features of the Yorkville Highlands AVA are rocky soils with a high gravel content and the climate, which is cooler than Alexander Valley but warmer than Anderson Valley, and significantly cooler at night than the surrounding areas.CarnerosStraddles the southern ends of Napa & Sonoma Counties. |
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