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| Drinking window: Drink between 2003 and 2007 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.4 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by tplskylrk on 8/22/2008 & rated 91 points: Buttered popcorn on the intitial nose, strange. NIce merlot fruit, very California in the Napa dusty refined drying tannins. Stewing veg's on the nose now... fruit tart dark merlot. Plums? Velvety rich, nice mid palate burst. Lingers. Drinking perfect. Not much upside. (3981 views) | | | Tasted by idrinkvino on 9/21/2007 & rated 86 points: Mild fine grained tannins and fruit. Seems to be a bit long in the tooth at this point. (3971 views) | | | Tasted by idrinkvino on 11/27/2006 & rated 89 points: No sediment with this wine. Very refined, oaked, with burnt fruit. Mild yet long lasting flavours. (4178 views) | | | Tasted by idrinkvino on 10/25/2006 & rated 86 points: Still plenty of tannins, oak and dryness in this wine although the fruit didn't show as much as we would prefer. A bit more fruit came to the surface after decanting. Surprisingly, absolutely no sediment. (4145 views) |
| Robert Mondavi Winery Producer website
Producer websiteMerlotMerlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape. Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin.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 / SonomaSONOMA: The Yorkville Highlands AVA, approved in 1998, is located in the southwestern corner of Mendocino County, between Sonoma County's Alexander Valley to the South and Mendocino County!s Anderson Valley to the North. The region is 25 miles long, roughly in the shape of rectangle and bisected by Highway 128 which runs the length of the AVA. The region!s terrain is hilly and forested, with elevations ranging from 1,078 to 2,442 feet above sea level.
The distinguishing features of the Yorkville Highlands AVA are rocky soils with a high gravel content and the climate, which is cooler than Alexander Valley but warmer than Anderson Valley, and significantly cooler at night than the surrounding areas.CarnerosStraddles the southern ends of Napa & Sonoma Counties. |
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