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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.8 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Marshmallowman on 4/4/2022 & rated 93 points: very delicious … 1st time that I’ve drank but I like it.
Black fruit, licorice and celery with pepper 🌶 (780 views) | | | Tasted by mlmotto on 11/14/2020: Happy birthday to ME! (1101 views) | | | Tasted by Jimvetter on 10/5/2020 & rated 92 points: Still young. Will be fabulous around 2023-2025 (1007 views) | | | Tasted by LAXcoach11 on 9/6/2020 & rated 94 points: Drink with Brad and Rich and the girls at Longview steakhouse. Last fall overnight was amazing with the chocolate dessert. (1064 views) | | | Tasted by SuperSomm on 11/19/2019: Deep ruby red colour. Pronounced nose with blackberry, blackcurrant, dark cherry, dark chocolate, leather and cedar on the nose. Pronounced taste of blackberry, blackcurrant, dark cherry, blueberry, dark chocolate, cedar, vanilla, licorice, tobacco, leather and eucalyptus. Long and dry finish. High acidity. High tannins. Full body. A great Bordeaux blend that needs at least ten years to develop and open. Goes well with beef or lamb. (142 views) | | | Tasted by esw423 on 5/6/2019 & rated 92 points: Sample tasting at 2019 Philly Mag Wine Festival. (1434 views) |
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Decanter, Californian Cabernet 2015 (9/18/2019)
(Merryvale, Profile, Napa Valley, California, USA, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Napa Valley’s Extraordinary 2016 Cabernets (Dec 2018) (12/1/2018)
(Merryvale Vineyards Profile Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (2/4/2018)
(Merryvale Napa Valley Profile, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Brilliance in Napa Valley: 2016 & 2015 Cabernets (Jan 2018) (1/18/2018)
(Merryvale Vineyards Profile Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, California, Napa Valley: Napa’s Exuberant, Powerful 2015s (12/29/2017)
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| Merryvale Producer website
Merryvale Vineyards is a family-owned Napa Valley winery dedicated to passionate winemaking and the fine art of living well. For the past 25 years Merryvale has been turning exceptional Napa Valley grapes into world class wine.
Merryvale is world renowned for rich, powerful Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, the iconic Bordeaux-style red blend, Profile, and our everyday drinking, fruit driven brand, Starmont. Merryvale's historic building was the first
winery built in the Napa Valley after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, and has become a must see attraction for visitors to the valley. Merryvale is committed to protecting and preserving the environment through conservation,
renewable energy and sustainable farming practices at our three estate vineyards. Merryvale has received Napa Green Vineyard, Napa Green Winery and Bay Area Green Business certifications.Red Bordeaux BlendRed 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.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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