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| Drinking window: Drink between 2010 and 2016 (based on 14 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.6 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by rbergy on 3/18/2012 & rated 91 points: smoke and cherries, orang peel on nose; Rich black fruit, currants, white pepper, bit of mint, (3288 views) | | | Tasted by One Too Many on 9/16/2011 & rated 91 points: Sweet dark cherry and plum and spice aromas and flavors. Dry and somewhat tannic finish. (3458 views) | | | Tasted by vancouvermatt on 8/11/2011 & rated 92 points: Tremendous. Big, extracted, and structured. Can easily go for 5 more years. (3403 views) |
| Peter Franus 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)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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