2003 St. Julian Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Braganini Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 83 points

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  2/10/2009 - markjahnke wrote: 83 Points

  What better to drink on a night when going into the cellar to grab some frozen Trader Joe's goodies for dinner. This is a surprisingly good wine for a Michigan wine, and I would put it against any NJ wine and day of the week. This is a good Bordeaux blend, considering that I expected the worst, but this was actually a real pleasure to drink. Plummy nose with very heavy hints of tar, and the slightest hint of strawberry. On the palate,more strawberry and plum, with a slight bit of tannins, and a very soft, but short finish. This isn't a bad wine in the least, and was a nice surprise. Thanks MeCarter for the donation to our cellar. Cheers!

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  2/18/2008 - MeCarter wrote:

  BRAGANINI RESERVE MERITAGE
  
  Rhymes with "heritage" - our best Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc are blended into this rarest of Michigan red wine.
  
  Vintage 2003
  Appellation Lake Michigan Shore
  Grape Varietal Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon
  Growers Herman Farms-Ron Nitz, Paradigm Farms-Mike Nitz, Nathan Nitz
  Storage/Type: French & American oak barrels 14 months
  Crush / Harvest Information: Crush Date: 10/20/03
  Brix at Harvest: 23.3
  Bottling Information and Analysis Bottling Date: 05/12/2005
  Cases Produced: 221
  Alcohol Content: 13%
  pH: 3.48
  Acid: 6.1 g/L
  Residual Sugar: 0%
  
  
  Tasting Notes: The 2003 Meritage is an immense, powerful wine, rich and hearty, with wonderful aromas of ripe plum, raspberry and blackberry. The combination of American and French oak entangle spicy, earthy scents with a solid core of black fruit flavor. It packs the requisite dense core of tannins, but also some striking notes of vanilla. Drinkable now but will cellar well through 2013.

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