External search
Google (images)
Wine Advocate
Wine Spectator
Burghound
Wine-Searcher
Vintages
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
N.V.
From this producer
Show all wines
All tasting notes
|
| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2007 and 2010 (based on 4 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 84.9 pts. and median of 84 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by RMapou on 10/24/2013 & rated 84 points: This wine is NOT past its prime. Still has nice fruit and some tannin. Good value for this price. (1537 views) | | | Tasted by Quarked on 4/20/2009 & rated 83 points: First night was too hot, overly tannic, with no finish and little consistent taste, even after decanting. Second night opened up quite a bit into a smooth and nice wine, with pleasant tannins. Unfortunately I wouldn't serve this at a party because it took too long to reach that happy finale. Merlot and malbec really showed in finish. (2186 views) | | | Tasted by baja on 3/1/2009 & rated 88 points: This is a very nice drink for under $10....big nose and palate full of dark fruit...blk cherry, plum, raisin....impressive long finish...everything is pretty much in order here...drink now....nice! (2403 views) | | | Tasted by joshwoodward on 2/28/2009 & rated 88 points: Pleasant, juicy red fruit with nice acidity and tannins in check. (2208 views) | | | Tasted by Phoenix14 on 2/9/2009 & rated 85 points: Nice easy drinking table wine. Lots of dark fruit, black cherry, raisins. Some sweet cranberry. Some currant. Very mild tannins. Mild aromas of leather and smoke. Some oak. (2246 views) | | | Tasted by drdebs on 2/3/2009 & rated 86 points: A bit hot upon first opening, despite 13.5% alc/vol. Cassis and plum aromas emerge, with smooth plum flavors. The oak is quite vanillin on first opening, and a slight mocha aftertaste. with air the flavors are smoother, the alcohol dissipates and the vanilla and mocha notes disappear as well. Very good by at $11. 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 10% Petite Verdot, 7% alcohol, 1% Cabernet Franc. (1127 views) |
| Robert Mondavi Winery Producer website
Producer websiteRed 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 CaliforniaNapa Valley.http://www.stagecoachvineyard.com/vineyards/our_vineyards.php
Santa Ynez.http://www.everyvine.com/org/Camp_Four/vineyard/Camp_Four/ |
|
