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• HowellMountainCru wrote: 82 points

  June 5, 2023 - Visiting my son In Virginia and near his house are quite a few very nice Wineries. Having lived in VA for 35 years I'm pretty familiar with the VA wine scene. On this day, we travelled out to a polo match at King Family and while all in our group were enjoying whites I, with some trepidation, dove into their highest quality red.
  
  On balance I'd say it was OK, drinkable and on the second day enjoyable for what it is; a medium body Bordeaux blend made with VA grapes. It has the typical Virginia terror; a slight bretty smell that in some wines, not this one, verges on barnyard. The white was smooth with light tannins and fairly well balanced.
  
  Virginia has come a long way but IMO it is still is not a great place to grow red grapes. Its humid, fungus prone, doesn't have a great diurnal spread and typical has pretty heavy, poorly drained soil. Having said this the wine quality is getting better but still does not approach the best regions on the west coast. I'd give this wine a 80 on the first day improving to 84 on the second day for an average of 82. HMC

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• apkocher Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 8, 2023 - Had a bottle at the winery. 2020 despite the early frost and not a lot of red production is turning out to be a great vintage in VA. This was an excellent example of that, fruit forward with good structure and acidity. Drinking well now but will be great to see how it develops through probably 2027.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2020
• Type Red
• Producer King Family Vineyards
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Meritage
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region Virginia
• SubRegion Central Virginia
• Appellation Monticello

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• In Cellars 84 (78%)
• Consumed 24 (22%)

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