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| Drinking window: Drink between 2002 and 2008 (based on 7 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Blake Brown on 11/6/2017: 1998 ROBERT MONDAVI STAGS LEAP DISTRICT NAPA UNFILTERED MERLOT: the nose had such a nice invitation of something good forthcoming; there was a bit of nice spicy red fruit almost mindful of a Pinot Noir with its lighter red style of red raspberry and strawberry; it had at the most, a medium body which along with the mild fruit profile gave it a high degree of elegance; as much as I wanted it to hold on and finish what it started, it dried out at the end; still very pleasing overall. (781 views) | | | Tasted by ahubner on 6/26/2010 & rated 90 points: It has lost most of its former nose but it is drinking very nicely and soft as age has worked its wonders on the tannins. I sure will drink the other bottle i have soon. (2929 views) | | | Tasted by plasiter67 on 2/19/2009 & rated 89 points: Deep clear red ruby colo. I agree its beginning to show its age on the edges. Wonderful red fruit flavors - cranberry, raspberry and cherry with some cedar thrown in for good measure. Tannins nicely resolved letting the fruit shine through. Mouthfeel was medium-to-heavy bodied. Definitely drink up. (2936 views) | | | Tasted by cbbrown3 on 2/15/2004 & rated 88 points: Dark ruby color, showing some age at the rim. Medium to dark red fruits and some flowery spice on the nose. Nice acidity and soft tannins. Some life left, but needs to be finished in next year or two. (3050 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 Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Stags Leap District Stags Leap District |
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