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| Drinking window: Drink between 2011 and 2018 (based on 78 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.6 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 23 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Grape_ape on 1/12/2015 & rated 87 points: ok, but not sure age has helped this.. plenty of fruit left, but this is pretty flat/lifeless... low acid, very little structure it seems... (2979 views) | | | Tasted by eherrera on 12/15/2013 & rated 90 points: Excellent wine. Good nose with hint of blueberries and earthy tones (4394 views) | | | Tasted by JPLogan on 4/20/2013 & rated 89 points: Nice!! (5949 views) | | | Tasted by forceberry on 6/22/2012 & rated 88 points: Dense, opaque black red color. Rich nose with aromas of sweet cassis, currant marmalade, some milk chocolate oak and a hint of figs. Very rich, soft and supple in the mouth with sweet fruit flavors of ripe cassis, spicy oak, prunes, some licorice and a little vanilla. A little bit too ripe and sweet for my tastes, but overall the wine is surprisingly complex and elegant despite being quite big-sized and ponderous, even a bit monolithic and thus too heavy. Has some nice tannic bite, but lacks in the acidity. The warm, spicy and savory finish is less sweet than the midpalate, with flavors of spicy oak, dark sunny fruit and a hint of tannic bitterness and astringency.
Surprisingly complex and nuanced Cali-Bdx, but because of the lack of acidity the wine comes across a bit too clumsy and ponderous. The tannins give the wine some structure, but it still lacks the needed bite and freshness from balanced acidity. This is definitely good for a ~20€ new world Bdx-blend, but doesn't really give a proper match for a European one. OK purchase at 19,99€. (2078 views) | | | Tasted by Mige on 12/29/2011 & rated 86 points: Very intensive nose of dark fruits, oak, spices. Full bodied, almost no tannins and a bit of acidity, but defenetly not enough to give good struckture and to support those huge flavours of chuklet, ripe dark berries, capsicum and some oak. (7775 views) | | | Tasted by avp on 11/15/2011: Sweet nose of dark berry and plummy fruit with some liquorice, chocolate, mint and a hint of glue.
Fullbodied palate with decent acidity and some tannic grip, but overwhelmed by the sweet jammy fruit. Chocolate and some minor notes of mushrooms, herbs and bell pepper. Quite some heat in the aftertaste.
There's just no edge in this wine. (6008 views) | | | Tasted by Jhcwine on 11/2/2010 & rated 91 points: LCBO "Sonoma Superstars" Taste and Buy Event - October 21, 2010. Sorry, no or limited tasting notes. Just a score. Too many wines, too little time for notes. Here's the note, if any:
Not bad. Abit tannic. Just needs time. So 91 now, better with aging. (4261 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2011, IWC Issue #156
(Geyser Peak Winery Meritage Alexandre Reserve Alexander Valley) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Geyser Peak Producer Website2006 Geyser Peak Reserve Alexandre MeritageAppellation: Alexander Valley
Grape Variety: 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 9% Malbec, 7% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc
Storage/Type: 100% French Oak, 33% New Oak
Maturation Time: 20 months
Cases Produced: 2,500 9L Cases
Bottling Date: August 2008
Release Date: July 2010
Alcohol: 14.5%
pH: 3.63
T.A: 6.3
R.S.: DryRed 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyAlexander Valley Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
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