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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2016 (based on 2 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.5 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by garetjax_kison on 1/31/2019 & rated 88 points: Popped and poured with dinner. Nice red fruit/plum and a little spice on the palate. Enjoyable. (375 views) | | | Tasted by Kahnru12 on 6/14/2015 & rated 91 points: Medium berry nose. Chewy dry dark berry entry. Not much finish. Entry lingers on mid-palate. Peppery & spicy wine. Sharp edges on opening rounded out to soft & welcoming mouth feel after about an hour. Did not decant; just poured into large red wine glasses, and let sit for 60 min., for initial tasting. Wish we had more than 1 bottle! (643 views) | | | Tasted by boylan on 3/31/2015 & rated 86 points: Great fruit - label spot on when it says creamy fruit. Demands food and even then we found this way too sour. (620 views) | | | Tasted by boylan on 11/6/2014 & rated 89 points: Wonderful fruit. The label description is spot on except that it's a bit too sour. Apparently 2011 wines are a bit acidic. (722 views) | | | Tasted by haldolugr on 6/30/2013 & rated 86 points: Only took a quick sip before we made sangria from it. Tasted on point for a solid caignane, and made for a tasty red sangria. (876 views) |
| Suncé Producer websiteCarignane Varietal character (Appellation America)---- Also: International and historical summary of CarignaneOld Vines Old Vine/Vieilles Vignes (Wikipedia)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 North CoastThe North Coast American Viticultural Area (AVA) in California, covering more than three million acres, includes Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties, and portions of Marin and Solano counties. (see The Wine Institute for more information)Suisun Valley Suisun Valley Grape Growers Association
Suisun Valley lies within the southern end of two ranges of the Coast Range, the Vaca Mountains to the east and the Mt. George Range to the west. Lengthwise, it stretches south to the marshlands of Suisun Bay and north it rolls up into Wooden Valley at the Napa County line.
Despite its inland location, Suisun Valley enjoys a coastal area climate characterized by cool moist winds from the ocean and the San Francisco Bay that blow almost continuously from May through early fall, while its proximity to Suisun Bay helps mitigate spring frosts. |
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