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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by trifecta on 7/21/2013: Opened and decanted for 30 minutes before going back into bottle and over to a friends place. Wine spent another 1.5 hours in the bottle prior to tasting. 71% Syrah and 29% Grenache.
Nose of cherry, baking spice, and a touch of plum. On the palate there is medium acid with quite a bit of tannin grip. Full mouthfeel with notes of cherry, plum leaning towards the sour/tart (not bad sour) side. Finish is medium plus with young tannins and a hint of white pepper. As the wine opens up in the glass the complexity is improving. Starting to pick up secondary red fruits, baking spice. The finish is one of the best notes on this wine. Long and lingering with sweet tannins and just a bit of white pepper. Really enjoyed this wine.
Overall impression is that this wine is very well made. Good structure, good fruit, nice aromatics. It is still very young, but drinkable now with a long decant. I fully expect this wine to improve greatly with another couple years as the really nice tannins resolve to provide an even longer finish.
I presented this bottle blind to a group of friends and all enjoyed it. Most could pick out that this was Syrah or a Rhone blend. Only one thought Paso, while the others guessed Napa/Sonoma. (1742 views) |
| 2010 Thomas Alexander Le TigreVarietal Composition: 71% Syrah, 29% Grenache
Vineyard: Hearthstone Vineyard, Adelaida Road, West Side
Shallow soil on limestone bedrock
pH: 4.05
TA: 6.75 (g/L)
RS: Dry at 0.17 (g/L)
VA: 0.75 (g/L)
Alcohol: 15.00 %
Production: 175 CasesRed Rhone Blend Read about the different grapes used to produce red and white Rhone wines
On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes.
A 'food' wine. Lacking pretension and intended for local consumption with local cuisine. Lacks the 'high' notes on a Bordeaux, more earthy and sharper so often a better partner to meat dishes with a sauce. 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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
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Central Coast AVA WikipediaPaso Robles Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance
Set apart by unique climate and geography, Paso Robles Wine Country provides prime growing conditions for more than 40 varietals planted over 26,000 acres of vineyards. More than 300 wineries craft this fruit into premium wines, gaining recognition around the world. The fruit, the wines and the distinct environment have quickly made Paso Robles California's third largest and fastest growing wine region. |
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