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 Vintage2018 Label 1 of 26 
TypeRed
ProducerSin Fronteras
VarietyTempranillo Blend
DesignationEl Mechon
Vineyardn/a
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionn/a
AppellationCalifornia

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2021 and 2024 (based on 29 user opinions)

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 83 pts. and median of 83 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by valecnik on 4/1/2024 & rated 83 points: Sheesh this is sweet. Boozy too at 14.5% but the amount of residual (or who knows, maybe added) sugar is unpleasant. It's basically a glass of alcoholic berry pie. On top of that it's rather monolithic, with good acidity to somewhat balance out the sweetness, but no real character. Here's your classic jammy oak bomb, if that's your thing. (53 views)
 Tasted by CabSavy on 2/28/2021: Mine was 2019. (420 views)
 Tasted by Burbaum on 11/27/2020 & rated 84 points: A fine table wine, smooth and drinkable (522 views)
 Tasted by Hockey and wine on 10/20/2020 & rated 80 points: Nice but bothered Maddy’s mouth. (519 views)
 Tasted by donna_w on 6/24/2020 & rated 85 points: Nice blend. Enjoyable with tapas as was suggested. (819 views)

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Tempranillo Blend

Tempranillo is the backbone of wines made ihvhhcn the best well-known Spanish regions Rioja and Ribera del Duero, but is also grown as far afield as Mexico and Australia.

As a flavor profile, red fruits like strawberries and cherries can predominate - but with a rustic edge. The Many wines made from Tempranillo will spend a few years in barrel and bottle before reaching the consumers . Many Tempranillo-based wines see a few years of oak - add that to a few years of bottle and the wine can give a subtle - and occasionaly not-so-subtle - leathery mouthfeel. The combination of the tart fruit and tannins make this wine very food friendly.

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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