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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.8 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by S Street Gang on 6/12/2023: Drinking well right now, although I think it is still on the young side. It will be interesting to see how it evolves. Agree with others, low acidity with a medium finish. Frankly, love the producer, although the price point on this is pretty steep. (338 views) | | | Tasted by mjzrock on 1/8/2023 & rated 90 points: The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like raspberry, strawberry jam, cherry, flint, petrol, smokey bacon, medicinal, cedar, petrol, asparagus and bell pepper. It tastes like prune, fig, mushroom, forest floor, smokey bacon, phenolic, sandalwood, lead pencil and almond. The body is medium. The wine has leathery texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity. (403 views) | | | Tasted by wdcwineguys on 7/25/2021 & rated 93 points: 1hr decant. Black cherry, black plum, leather, black pepper and touch of oak. Medium+ body, medium acidity, long finish. Evolving nicely. (1110 views) | | | Tasted by Ryanh8 on 10/25/2019: An exceptional wine, one of the best wines from from Virginia, by far. I believe it could compete with the best wines in the world. This wine, 97% Cabernet Sauvignon, is very young and benefited highly from a 90 minutes decant. This wine brings both huge flavor, as well as exceptional complexity. This wine is more similar to a fine Bordeaux than a Napa Cab. Somewhat subdued on the nose, but dark fruits are very prominent. On tasting, high tannin, high alcohol, but well balanced. A balance of great fruit flavors, along with earthy tones. Overall, exceptionally well balanced and complex. Amazing wine (1750 views) |
| Red 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.Virginia Virginia Wines (Virginia Wineries Association) |
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