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| Drinking window: Drink between 2016 and 2027 (based on 3 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.7 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Mmark on 12/28/2017 & rated 89 points: No formal notes, but drinking very well now. Clearly nature wine. (1110 views) | | | Tasted by Mmark on 8/16/2015 & rated 89 points: Nice brown with clear rim
PnP initially all raisins and plum.
But with 2-3hrs air it opened.
Nose; beautiful deep crushed ripe red berries, smoke, tobacco and coal.
Love the low alcohol, putting forward red berries, sweet red drops, Red Orlic tobacco. Very nice dept and length with a medium body. (1567 views) | | | Tasted by Martin Redmond on 3/25/2012 & rated 87 points: 2012 Rhone Rangers Grand Tasting (San Francisco, Fort Mason Festival Pavillion): Smoky, raisiny cherry aromas. Raisiny tart baked cherry flavors. Blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre (3522 views) | | | Tasted by Christoffer78 on 8/23/2011 flawed bottle: Completely awkward. The nose was clearly oxidized and the palate expressed so much acidity a resemblance to vinegar is accurate. Sad. (2797 views) | | | Tasted by herberto on 8/1/2011 & rated 91 points: This one is going to be a matter of personal taste. Reminds me of the beer I used to make in my kitchen in college - tastes very unlike any "commercial" beverage, but is oddly delicious. Nice acidity, great earth, and refreshingly low alcohol. I like, but will keep these for personal pleasure, not serving to friends. (2769 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 4/9/2011 & rated 88 points: SF Vintners Market: Report on 27 Producers (Fort Mason Festival Pavillon, San Francisco, California): Smoke, charcoal, tart black fruit nose; smoke, charcoal, tart black fruit palate with medium acidity; medium-plus finish 88+ points (Syrah, Mourvedre, Grenache blend) (2975 views) | | | Tasted by Wicker Parker on 3/31/2011: Who ever heard of a fully ripe Rhone blend from California that clocks in at 12.4%? Well, here it is, and it's got oodles of character to boot. Peppered ham and major -- major -- paprika. Medium bodied, with good presence in the mouth, from front to back. I like how it's structured, and neither the acidity nor the tannins are obtrusive. This doesn't demand food with a clenched fist, it asks for it with an air of insouciance. 53% syrah, then coequal parts mourvedre and grenache, and vinified with minimal sulfites. (2074 views) |
| Clos Saron Producer websiteRed Rhone Blend Read about the different grapes used to produce red and white Rhone wines
On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes.
A 'food' wine. Lacking pretension and intended for local consumption with local cuisine. Lacks the 'high' notes on a Bordeaux, more earthy and sharper so often a better partner to meat dishes with a sauce. 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 Sierra FoothillsAmadorSierra FoothillsEl Dorado |
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