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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.6 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by WineBurrowingWombat on 12/11/2023 & rated 93 points: If I can just scoochie on in here.. (Napa): Nose showed aromatic red flowers and berries, lots of clean and pure fruits. The clean fruits are accentuated by river washed gravel, providing freshness to the aromas.
Palate showed clean dark red fruits with nice swiftness on the palate, and dark tree bark with a touch of bitterness. White flower pedals on the palate makes the already clean fruits seem more natural. Clean minerals on the finish with a bit of shine. Savory pencils eventually develop on the finish as well.
Will take some time in bottle to integrate more. The wine at the moment seems "separated" in terms of flavors, as each note wanted to show out for themselves only. Might be a while before they know how to start working with each other. Airing it out and following through should be okay too. (868 views) | | | Tasted by brasstab on 10/15/2023 & rated 93 points: As strong as the last time. (475 views) | | | Tasted by RockinCabs on 6/9/2023 & rated 94 points: Nose: Perfumed and elegant nose of blueberry, cassis, graphite and tobacco. Just a nicely perfumed nose that melds Oakville and Stags Leap really well.
Palate: Silky on the plate with a nice polished edge. Dark red cherry, blueberry, pencil shavings, stone and fine leather. This is really quite well delineated on the palate.
Finish: Leave a great impression of the red/blue fruit and a nice western Oakville spice. A very pleasing wine here that is showing the potential of the Futo sites quite well. (686 views) | | | Tasted by Chipss on 5/27/2023 & rated 90 points: I found this wine to be below the standard I expect from Futo. Yes the finish is an acid tannin wall. However, that's all the wine offered. Not well integrated and lacking all the components that make a well made wine. I gave it a one hour decant and followed the wine over the next 3 plus hours. Too much money for this wine. Way too many better offerings for the price both old world and new. (450 views) | | | Tasted by brasstab on 4/25/2021 & rated 93 points: Opened in a kind of safe and boring/smooth way, but the mid-palette and finish delivered. Coffee grounds and dark fruit, with a bracing acid finish. (1092 views) |
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Vinous, The 2019 Napa Valley Cabernets: A Deep Dive (Jan 2022) (1/1/2022)
(Futo OV SL Napa Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (2/2/2021)
(Futo Napa Valley OV | SL, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Napa Valley’s 2018s (1/27/2021)
(Futo Cabernet Sauvignon OV|SL) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Napa Valley’s Thrilling 2018s & 2019s, Part 1 (Jan 2021) (1/1/2021)
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| Futo 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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