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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.8 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by rmcnees on 7/23/2014 & rated 87 points: Dark purple - medium - full bodied, the bright lively forward fruits from last tasting two years are starting to diminish and give way to non-fruit flavors. The red berry, ripe plum and spicy cherry are giving way to tones of leather, tobacco leaf, cedar and hints of anise on a lingering subtle tannin finish. While still drinking okay, starting to show its age and reach the last chapter of life in this seventeen year old.
http://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2014/07/venge-family-reserve-sangiovese-1997.html (2064 views) | | | Tasted by rmcnees on 3/4/2012 & rated 89 points: Dark purple - medium - full bodied, served with two other 1997 Napa Cabs, this was the most expressive of the flight, bright lively forward fruits, red berry, ripe plum and spicy cherry with hints of cedar aroma and taste and a touch of anise on a lingering smooth tannin finish. Still life in this fifteen year old. More expressive than earlier tasting. (2733 views) | | | Tasted by pittsburghajay on 6/21/2011: Old! Some tannis remained, not many. Fruit was almost totally gone, some earthiness, fig, old vegetable. Cellaring was good, not corking/oxidation. (3021 views) | | | Tasted by quagland on 8/15/2010: I agree with the previous notes.
Drink now (3290 views) | | | Tasted by rmcnees on 8/29/2009 & rated 88 points: Hints of cedar aroma and taste gives way to plum and spicy cherry with a touch of anise. (3291 views) | | | Tasted by MicklethePickle on 9/13/2002 & rated 91 points: 1997 Venge Family Reserve Sangiovese Penny Lane Vineyard
9/13/02 at home. Beautiful ruby. Lovely, complex exotic nose. Fine palate too. Excellent. 5-13-15-8-91. Hiroko says 88. (803 views) |
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A visit with Nils Venge and Venge Vineyards.
https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2021/02/visit-to-venge-vineyards-and-nils-venge_20.htmlSangioveseSANGIOVESE: (Pronounced "sahn-joh-vhe-se").
Sangiovese - Italy's claim to fame, the pride of Tuscany. Traditionally made, the wines are full of cherry fruit, earth, and cedar. It produces Chianti (Classico), Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montepulciano, Montefalco Rosso, and many others. Sangiovese is also the backbone in many of the acclaimed, modern-styled "Super-Tuscans", where it is blended with Bordeaux varietals (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc) and typically aged in French oak barrels, resulting a wine primed for the international market in the style of a typical California cabernet: oaky, high-alcohol, and a ripe, jammy, fruit-forward profile.[16]
Semi-classic grape grown in the Tuscany region of Italy. Used to produce the Chianti and other Tuscan red wines. Has many clonal versions, two of which seem to predominate. The Sangiovese Grosso clone Brunello variety is used for the dark red, traditionally powerful and slow-maturing "Brunello di Montalcino" wine. The other is the Sangiovese Piccolo, also known under the historical synonym name Sangioveto, used for standard Chianti Classico DOC wines. Old vine derived wine is often used in the better versions, needing several years ageing to reach peak. A third clone, Morellino, is used in a popular wine blend with the same name found in the southern part of the province. Recent efforts in California with clones of this variety are very promising, producing medium-bodied reds with rich cherry or plumlike flavors and aromas. Among the available clonal versions are R6 and R7, derived from the Montalcino region of Italy, having average productivity/ripening and producing small berries on medium size clusters. R10 and R24 are well-recommended. R23, listed as deriving from the Emilia-Romagna region, has good vigor with medium-small clusters with earlier ripening. R102 derives from the Montepulciano region and reported to have average vigor with moderate productivity that results in higher sugar levels and good acidity from medium-small berries on medium-small clusters. Has synonym name of Nielluccio where grown in Corsica.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)Oakville |
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