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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2016 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.8 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by btock on 3/15/2017 & rated 85 points: Unremarkable. Received in a Last Bottle mystery box. Meh. Black olive, a bit stewed. Pizza wine, but rather even for that needs more acidity and focus. Drink now. (1537 views) | | | Tasted by kietkopelli on 12/8/2016 & rated 85 points: I will stand up and be harsh since no one wants to do it. Even at the discounted price I find this wine weak and awkward. Granted I don't drink too much Sangiovese this particular wine is just super pleasant. The nose is subdue with hint leafy things (hard to describe) and canned veggies. In the mouth it has decent fruit structure but just weak. I don't like is it's almost fizzy without any carbonation. Lastly I find it bit too hot but within my tolerance. (2032 views) | | | Tasted by ChopperWine on 11/25/2016 & rated 87 points: I also do not wish to be harsh, but much of my critique mirrors that of "Fullpolicylimits." The nose of this wine is olive with a slight moss scent as well alone with subtle tobacco, grass and leather (but not anything resembling a good CDP). Way too much heat (almost carbonated in its mouth feel) on the nose and in the mouth. Palate is definitely sour with no lingering of anything at all except for a moment of alcohol. It just disappears. Supposedly a meritage of grapes including Merlot. Cannot discern that at all. (1591 views) | | | Tasted by FullPolicyLimits on 11/23/2016 & rated 85 points: Don't want to be to harsh here. Everyone reading this should definitely try the Sangiovese from this estate it rocks! ( I would put it up against Altamura's Sangio anyday for a Napa Sangio.) This wine though, what the hell is going on here........Nose is a little olive(black) I will give you that, trace elements of tobacco and caramel?? A little heat on the nose also. Blend is primary Merlot and Aglianico grapes with absolutely no Merlot coming thru. Palate is sour and disjointed. Maybe it's past its prime, or maybe its ass in a bottle now?? With all due respect to the winemaker it probably was a risk blend and it's just fizzled out and become a mess. Had with grilled porkchops....
Like I said, awesome Sangio, a must buy....... (1466 views) | | | Tasted by David_T on 11/12/2016 & rated 88 points: This is olive city initially. Both black and green. A bit of red licorice on the midpalate followed by a slightly earthy finish. (1674 views) |
| Benessere Producer website2011 Benessere Estate "Sorridente" Estate & CollinsBlend Composition: 50% Merlot, 38% Aglianico and 12% Syrah
Finished TA: 5.8 grmas per liter
Finished pH: 3.70
Alcohol: 14.1%
Production: 224 cases
Winemaking: Sorridente means smiling in Italian, and blending this wine is certainly fun. After we identify the varieties to blend, we taste each barrel to find the ones with just the right character for this wine. For the 2011 Sorridente, we chose 4 barrels of Merlot, 3 of Aglianico and 1 of Syrah. Once we determined the blend composition we returned the wine to barrel to allow the components to “marry” before bottling in June, 2013.Red Blend.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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