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| Community Tasting Notes (average 83.1 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 22 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jhngo on 12/5/2021 flawed bottle: cooked (1522 views) | | | Tasted by Vitis Maximus on 2/28/2014 & rated 82 points: i can't believe I didn't like this wine, for no reason other than it is the only B&H wine that I can say that on first sip i was a miss. I agree with the other reviews here rather than RP's 96. Maybe I waited to long? Bad bottle? No it was just not my thang. Very Port like and not a drinker at all. I would not say it was necessarily badly made it was well constructed and not flawed or stewed. It just didn't taste like an aged Franc to me. The good thing was that I had others at the tasting that could not get enough of it. Go Figure. Not a Vitis Maximus wine that's for sure. (3097 views) | | | Tasted by peterk on 5/9/2012 & rated 79 points: Dominated by alcohol - too bad. Maybe it's okay if you spit it... (3476 views) | | | Tasted by jhngo on 11/24/2011: Stemmy high tone acid. Shows no sign of aging. (3645 views) | | | Tasted by vinocerus on 8/26/2011 & rated 60 points: B I G blast of turpentine/nail polish on the nose. Didn't want to, but I took a sip anyway: just awful, made me spit it out immediately. Easily the worst B&H to date. Spectacularly horrible. Flawed? Didn't taste like it, just tasted like a bad wine. (3639 views) | | | Tasted by davidandrose on 4/16/2011 flawed bottle: Stewed prunes and moonshine. Let it alone for an hour to see if it we could replicate Mr T's experience (see Feb 9 note) but no such luck; Poured down the drain. (3119 views) | | | Tasted by mxpbuy on 3/28/2011 & rated 80 points: Sampled 3/24/11. Turning to alcoholic prune and raisin juice. Half a glass and the rest down the drain. (1889 views) | | | Tasted by Mr T on 2/9/2011: Straight off the fumes were too much and we left it alone for the first half of the super bowl...when we came back, some folks loved its huge power and strong flavors...not really my cup of tea, but none left (1764 views) | | | Tasted by shaferguy91 on 12/4/2010 flawed bottle: Dumped. (1788 views) | | | Tasted by llink on 3/14/2009: Audouzed for 6 hours at 55 degrees. Medicine, VA and spice on the nose, with an alcohol/ethanol note that really burns the nostrils. Rich and syrupy on the palate, with some tartness but it is overwhelmed by the glycerin and the high alcohol. The cab franc really dominates the blend, giving this wine an ungainl/awkward palate presence and some really weird flavors unlike any other wine I have tried. It is really hard to like, but I will wait until dinner to see how it evolves and works with food... Follow up: After dinner my conclusion is that if you have any of this left unload it or if you are going to drink it do so either: A. On ice as an apertif or B. After dinner as a substitute for a port. It is not a food wine at all. (2238 views) | | | Tasted by dastephens on 11/30/2008 & rated 82 points: Popped and poured. Heavily alcoholic and heavy on the palate. Huge dark fruit, almost port-like. Clearly well-made, but definitely not to everyone's taste -- 3 out of four tasters only had one taste and refused more. (2149 views) | | | Tasted by patwjr on 10/3/2008 & rated 95 points: Straight from the bottle. Fruity, dense, almost port-like, still slight alcohol & tannic finish. Everyone loved this Cab Franc liquid candy. Still has years of life but drinking nice now. (2144 views) | | | Tasted by shaferguy91 on 10/21/2007 & rated 91 points: Decanted 3 hours. (2508 views) | | | Tasted by zazoo on 12/3/2005 & rated 86 points: If you like big in your face heavy wines this is it. About as subtle as Mike Tyson. Alot of fruit but...... (3457 views) | | | Tasted by jonphillips on 5/17/2005 & rated 70 points: Here it is, the wine that made me officially feel great about dropping Behrens & Hitchcock. Undrinkable. (3478 views) | | | Tasted by mdefreitas on 12/10/2004 & rated 90 points: Lots of fresh, mashed dark fruits. Spice and violets. Very ripe and glyceral... very alcoholic. Nice, but perhaps a bit too hot and even volatile. (3263 views) | | | Tasted by mdefreitas on 7/26/2004 & rated 90 points: Big, rich, viscous, and alcoholic. Lots of glycerine and red fruits, but tad on the alcoholic side. (3198 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 4/27/2004 & rated 89 points: Vanilla, jammy, VA nose; tight, coffee, caramel, port-like palate; hot long finish (1510 views) |
| Behrens & Hitchcock 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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