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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by BWebb on 11/11/2007 & rated 91 points: This is a very good wine. It's drinking well right now. nice structure, velvet nose, some berry, firm leather follow through. very interesting wine - reminds me of a Dunn at 1/4 the price. Note that web site has changed to www.ilonawine.com. This is a bargain. (2782 views) | | | Tasted by GolferChris on 5/24/2007 & rated 92 points: Beautiful Howell Mountain Bordeaux blend. Aromas of black berries, leather, earth, spice and cocoa. Deep and complex moutain fruit with well structured tannins and long finish. (2506 views) | | | Tasted by cbbrown3 on 2/9/2006 & rated 91 points: Dark purple color. A nice nose with blackberries, raspberries, dried herbs, a bit of chocolate and a hint of cherries. Medium to full body with solid, ripe tannins and very good acidity. Mouthfilling berries on the palate with a bit of spicy, toast oak. Lingering finish that starts with spicy blackberries that slowly change into cherries. Very nice. (2733 views) |
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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.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)Howell Mountain Howell Mountain |
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