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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by klezman on 6/7/2020: Amazingly delicious. Strawberries, coffee, earthy notes here and there, excellent acidity and structure. (1337 views) | | | Tasted by Acohen on 10/20/2010 & rated 90 points: very pleasant with dark fruits, integrated oak and lots of tannic structure (1869 views) | | | Tasted by garambler on 10/17/2010 & rated 92 points: We drank this with friends over Venison stew on 10/17/10. It had a great bouquet of floral, blueberry, leather, vanilla and spice aromas. The palate was very smooth, balanced and well integrated with flavors of blueberry, plum, vanilla, spice and leather. It is amazing how much this improved in the two years since my last bottle. 91+ (1842 views) | | | Tasted by spendergast on 4/7/2010 & rated 93 points: Very expressive dark fruit - raspberries, plum, cherries with hint of mocha and oak. Tannins were smooth and well integrated. A very pleasant wine. (2247 views) | | | Tasted by Rancho Huichica on 1/3/2009 & rated 96 points: Blackberries, chocolate, anise, and maybe just a little menthol on the nose. Very rich and thick on the palate, with the blueberry and hop characters that I get in every Charbono/Bonarda. Very restrained oak. The wine has a complexity and tannic backbone that I assume come from the old Calistoga vines- lovely layering and balance between that peculiar Charbono fruit, rounded non-drying tanins which work the middle of the tongue, and just a little bit of remnant acidity. I should point out that I've liked virtually every Charbono/Bonarda I've tasted, so there's a lot of personal aesthetic preference at work, but I think this is a truly remarkable wine. (2303 views) | | | Tasted by garambler on 8/14/2008 & rated 88 points: I had this as part of a Charbono tasting on 8/9/08. It had aromas of blueberry, plum & vanilla with slightly sweet flavors of the same. It was very dry with serious pucker power! Surprisingly, it isn't terribly unpleasant. (1809 views) | | | Tasted by WineBulldog on 6/13/2008 & rated 89 points: Ripe red berries on the nose. Smooth with berries and a hint of vanilla. Very nice and drinkable wine from Vince. (1243 views) |
| Tofanelli Family Producer websiteCharbono Varietal character (Appellation America)
From Wikipedia:
"Charbono is a grape variety found in California. It is not very common in California, but is the second most commonly grown variety in Argentina, where it is known as Bonarda (which is not the same as the Bonarda Piemontese varietal). The wine made from charbono tends to be dark, with medium to high tannins and acidity.
After genetic testing conducted by Carole Meredith, it was determined to be the same grape as the grape known as Corbeau, Douce Noire, or Charbonneau in the Savoie region of France; but in spite of repeated references, it is probably not related to Dolcetto of the Piedmont. Both varieties produce prodigious quantities of large clusters of very dark grapes, but Dolcetto ripens early and produces light, fruity wines with limited aging potential. Charbono ripens quite late and produces wines of great substance, with significant aging potential. It is likely that this confusion arose because an Italian synonym for Dolcetto is "Dulce Nero" which translates to "sweet black," as does the french name "Douce Noir" for Charbono."
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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