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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.6 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 17 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by camben on 11/19/2013 & rated 94 points: absolutely stunning. If i had the patience and more bottles, 3-5 years it would be a 95 plus. Fantastic. Smooth, rich, bordering on hedonistic. (3031 views) | | | Tasted by camben on 4/30/2013 & rated 93 points: A very pretty wine. Great aromatics, blueberry and ripe strawberry and creamy rasberry. I realy like this but I could see how cab drinkers may feel there is something missing; probably the harsh tannin that most become used to. I had this with a dry aged bone in ribeye it was fantastic. Drink this now, unless you have a cool dark cellar. (3241 views) | | | Tasted by tom999s on 3/13/2013 & rated 92 points: Let sit for an hour opened. Nice fruit up front. Medium finish well sorted out. (3412 views) | | | Tasted by camben on 3/5/2013 & rated 95 points: Deep and rich. Blackberry, blueberry and melted chocolate. (3272 views) | | | Tasted by tom999s on 8/16/2011 & rated 91 points: - Ruby color. (4600 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 10/29/2010 & rated 92 points: Tasting of John Schwartz wines, including 3 by Heidi Barrett (Artisan Wine Depot, Mountain View, California): Very dark red violet color; dark berry, plum, oak, cedar nose; oak, ripe plum, berry palate with firm, sweet tannins, needs 6-8 years; medium-plus finish (43% Merlot, 29% Petit Verdot, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Syrah) (3517 views) |
| Coup de Foudre 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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