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 Vintage2011 Label 1 of 14 
TypeRed
ProducerRobert Mondavi Winery (web)
VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
DesignationMeritage Private Selection
Vineyardn/a
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionn/a
AppellationCalifornia
UPC Code(s)086003003620

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2016 (based on 22 user opinions)

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Community Tasting Notes (average 85.8 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 12 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by rcorbin on 2/15/2015 & rated 83 points: Very smooth and light red blend. Great everyday wine and has a light taste of berries. Light bodied wine. (2205 views)
 Tasted by LegalizeAllPlants on 3/16/2014 & rated 89 points: Very crisp, clean and tart with a pleasantly refreshing acidity and low tannins making this a very easy to drink red. Very fruity, filled with a delicious taste of berries without being too sweet.

I would recommend this red for anyone who is put off by the heaviness, tannic and overpowering nature of many red's. Goes down very easy. (2892 views)

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Robert Mondavi Winery

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Red Bordeaux Blend

Red 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.

USA

American 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.

California

2021 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

California

Napa Valley.http://www.stagecoachvineyard.com/vineyards/our_vineyards.php
Santa Ynez.http://www.everyvine.com/org/Camp_Four/vineyard/Camp_Four/

 
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