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| Community Tasting Notes (average 84.2 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 21 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Minnesota on 12/31/2023 & rated 87 points: Did not expect much. Opened to use for braised pot roast with little hope we'd drank with dinner. Actually complimented rich roast and root vegetables quite adequately. (395 views) | | | Tasted by Mossrose on 1/28/2019 & rated 85 points: Opaque purple with purple bubbles in the pour. Very lush and soft, with completely resolved tannin and an undertow of fruit sweetness and licorice. Acidity is noticeable only at the end of the swallow. For a Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine is outside the normal range for fruit-acid-tannin balance, to its detriment. The low acidity especially reduces how refreshing and mouth cleaning the wine is. A good hint about what the problem comes from is the very high 15.9% alcohol. While the taste does not have separated alcoholic fumes or burning heat, only late harvested grapes would achieve the higher sugar level needed to reach 15.9% alcohol. A very common side effect of late harvest is a serious dip in the acidity level. This wine got a flattering 93-95 review from the Wine Advocate, which most likely could happen only because the wine was at its best from the young and tasty fruit and some tannin. But kept to where the tannin started softening and getting less prominent, the wine lost the grip it needed to age well. (358 views) | | | Tasted by jakob.krummenacher@gmail.com on 5/13/2016 & rated 87 points: It is definitely coming down from its peak. Drink now if you have any bottles. The wine needs to be decanted for 2 hours before one can appreciate it. It has herbal notes with a port like nose. Very herbal on the palate with little depth. (2143 views) | | | Tasted by anonymoose12345 on 11/27/2013 & rated 70 points: One of the worst wines I've ever smelled. Almost couldn't get myself to taste it. And I wish I hadn't. (3081 views) | | | Tasted by markellen.foodies@gmail.com on 10/1/2013 flawed bottle: Brown Bag Wine Dinner at Two Chefs - Double Blind (TWO CHEFS, MIAMI, FL): The wine looks Garnet colored. The legs are Fast. It smells like Phenolic, and Ethyl Acetate. The body is Medium. The wine has Coarse texture. The wine finishes Short. Alvaro's wine. This is obviously an OFF VINTAGE for this wine. Alvaro's prior experience and other CT notes reflect the VA. Surprisingly, I have the 2000 Vintage, one of which I drank 18 months ago and I gave it a 94, and noted it was my Wine of the Month. (3669 views) | | | Tasted by Greg Pierce on 5/11/2012: Terrible. Nail polish nose. Heavy, porty, raisiny palate without any of the good stuff that actual port provides. Yuck! (3784 views) | | | Tasted by slmielke on 12/30/2011 & rated 84 points: This bottle did not do well with age. It was reminiscent of port, but without the lingering sweetness. Drinkable, but only marginally enjoyable. (3385 views) | | | Tasted by Amerique on 10/17/2009 & rated 90 points: Inky color, full-bodied black cherry fruit, port-like, very hot, cough medicine like but drinkable, very eccentric, short finish (2432 views) | | | Tasted by grapist on 6/18/2009 & rated 79 points: 5 of 8 people at the table called this undrinkable. Overextracted, overoaked, cough medicine. I don't think this was flawed, it just was far from our taste. My first taste of a B&H wine and I surely will not be a future purchaser. The color was fine, but after that it had no redeeming features whatsoever. (1935 views) | | | Tasted by ptheimer on 3/24/2008 & rated 88 points: Too fruit forward, not enough finish, fruit bomb and still a bit hot, not impressive (2297 views) | | | Tasted by keithgg on 3/2/2007 & rated 80 points: Even worse than the last bottle. So many duds from B and H. V.A, cheap perfume, foul taste. Hard to get past the nose. (2164 views) | | | Tasted by drock25 on 1/6/2007 & rated 78 points: All alcohol on the nose. To much alcohol in this wine, resembled dessert wine or port. Lots of fruit, cough syrup. Not well structured, all alcohol, all fruit, all syrup in your face. Will not buy again. Finish also left something to be desired. (2095 views) | | | Tasted by jeff nowak on 12/26/2006 & rated 90 points: decanted and consumed over 3 hours. initially quite tight, and i thought i made a mistake opening this. it turned fairly quickly, however, and ended up being very popular, especially among the younger guys (30ish) with undeveloped palates. i say that because these are wine drinkers still interested in being hit by an anvil, rather than sip a wine of great nuance. not that there's anything wrong with that. this wine delivered a very powerful, yet expressive drinking experience. the fruit envelops the tannin rather than the other way around, so i liked it, too; just not as much as most. you could certainly hold this wine in this format for 10 more years. no doubt a little softer tannin will punch this up. (1709 views) | | | Tasted by Blue Oval on 12/18/2005 & rated 89 points: Decanted 1 hour; quite a bit of sediment in the bottle. Purple / plum color. Nose of dark fruit, cherries, leather and cough syrup. Across the palate an "ok" balance but the alcohol was a bit too much. Tannic on the finish but still an enjoyable drink. (2832 views) | | | Tasted by keithgg on 6/29/2005 & rated 84 points: Too alcoholic, perfumey and not at all subtle. Dumped half the bottle down the drain. (2591 views) | | | Tasted by KevinS on 4/30/2005 & rated 93 points: Dinner at home of grilled filet mignon. Deep, opaque purple/ruby color to rim. Nose of brandied cherries complemented by chocolate mint. On the palate, chocolate is primary, with cherries, mint and a hint of espresso. Lush, soft mouthfeel, though huge amounts of sediment thrown changed the texture as we went through the bottle. Spectacular with chocolate brownie cup dessert. I'd be surprised if this wasn't at or past its peak -- drink 'em up, I say... (2626 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2001, IWC Issue #96
(Behrens and Hitchcock Cabernet Sauvignon Kenefick Ranch Cuvee) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| 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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