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Manage Subscriptions2008 Spring Mountain Vineyard Elivette
Red Bordeaux Blend
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Spring Mountain District
Community Tasting Notes 21
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pdadams66 Likes this wine: 90 points
September 28, 2023 - From a half bottle.
Still driving very well. Balanced fruit and sweet oak. A few years left but excellent now. -
HandmadeHomemade Likes this wine:
June 16, 2023 - Entering maturity, there is still an upside to storage for more tertiary notes. I think the wine has the gumption to go too. Slo ox'ed for 3hrs at cellar temp. Served without decant.
Color is dark purple fading to a bricked rim, intense. Aroma is pronounced, and intense. Black currant black cherry, mint, oak, dusty chocolate/earth, and fermented tobacco leaf. Complex and inviting. In the mouth, the wine is full body, high alcohol, big mouthfeel. I get full glycol sweetness- lots of black cherry liqueur, combined with some silty tannins that really dry things out. The wine has the balance of a teeter-totter: one side with an elephant, opposite- another elephant. Flavors match the nose in intensity and description, you really feel that dusty cocoa though- the wine seems to be in a real happy spot as of now. Drink or hold in the next 10 or so years, well made. -
LuisMaimoni@Yahoo.com wrote:
May 14, 2023 - To add to the observations of others: this wine is still going strong at 2023, and can definitely be kept for longer if desired. The most interesting thing about it, to me, is how the taste/flavor profile changed over time. Don't forget to decant; there is a fair amount of sediment.
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pdadams66 Likes this wine: 91 points
December 13, 2022 - With Peter at Bar Agricole. Great now, will go a few more years.
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pdadams66 Likes this wine: 91 points
December 12, 2021 - Drinking very well - excellent Bordeaux blend, reaching maturity.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2013, IWC Issue #168 (link)(Spring Mountain Vineyard Elivette Red Wine Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
9/9/2012 (link) 94 points(Spring Mountain Vineyard Elivette) Very dark red violet color; tart black fruit, dark chocolate nose; tasty, tart black fruit, dark chocolate palate; needs 4 years; long finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2008
- Type Red
- Producer Spring Mountain Vineyard
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Elivette
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Spring Mountain District
- UPC Codes 060878011206, 608780172063, 608780182062, 608780192061
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 716 (55%)
- Consumed 586 (45%)
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- FamilySpring Mountain Vineyard Elivette
- ProducerSpring Mountain Vineyard
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationSpring Mountain District
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- SubRegionNapa Valley
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