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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.5 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 172 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Marc S on 2/15/2016 & rated 90 points: - Brick color. It's balanced and has flavours of raspberry, black currant and strawberry with a full body. Silky texture with a long finish - This is a great bottle of wine in the twenty dollar range. Although this is a new world wine, the nose and taste are very much old world. (4227 views) | | | Tasted by NoWineWiz on 4/10/2015 & rated 87 points: PnV. Nose of dark berries and a whiff of eucalyptus. Palate was medium-bodied with red and blackberries and a hint of cherry cough drops. Softening but distinct tannins on the finish. There is some life left in this. (4692 views) | | | Tasted by Marc S on 8/24/2012 & rated 85 points: For the price, this is a wonderful bottle of wine. (9613 views) | | | Tasted by Marc S on 7/1/2012 & rated 87 points: - Ruby color with medium forming legs and aromas of blackberry and strawberry. It's balanced with a medium/full body. Juicy texture with a medium finish - You will be hard pressed to find a better everyday drinking wine. Wonderful nose to say ther least. Well balanced and fruit forward. (9553 views) | | | Tasted by MDRwinos on 3/31/2012 & rated 87 points: Not one of their better efforts. OK integration with a shorter finish. (10008 views) | | | Tasted by The Raven on 3/24/2012 & rated 90 points: Very nice wine. Not as full bodied as many cabs I have tried, but definitely worth the price. (6924 views) | | | Tasted by Quarked on 1/14/2012 & rated 90 points: Excellent on opening and for several hours after. Great with rib roast. (6811 views) | | | Tasted by gmbdds on 1/9/2012 & rated 89 points: Really full on the nose. Notes of blackberry and complimentary earth and pepper. I found this to be a step above the '05 with better fruit. (3423 views) | | | Tasted by jmdenz on 12/11/2011 & rated 90 points: This is a great wine for $17.... How can you go wrong? Full bodied - and a great value - drink it now! (3840 views) | | | Tasted by cabdrinker on 11/22/2011: Excellent.
A couple years laying down did some good for this wine. Nose and palate exhibited blackberries, cherries and cocoa while the overall structure and finish came with firm tannins and acids and lingering spice and cedar. (4189 views) | | | Tasted by Winiac on 11/4/2011 & rated 89 points: The second bottle seems a bit thinner than the first. Inter-bottle variation or high expectation? (3908 views) | | | Tasted by Winiac on 10/30/2011 & rated 91 points: Dark ruby red color, nice bouquet and all California spicy Zin fruit with sweet fine tannins and full body. Good length and very pleasant finish. Worked very well with a hardy pot roast and hold its own. (3895 views) | | | Tasted by cb14 on 10/9/2011 & rated 90 points: Needs time needs air but it's a 90 Pt wine- drink now (4028 views) | | | Tasted by Ceo on 7/20/2011 & rated 89 points: Very good redwine with pizza. (4659 views) | | | Tasted by jmdenz on 7/3/2011 & rated 91 points: Deep red - amazing depth and appropriate tannis... Wonderful wine - great either alone or with dinner (4714 views) | | | Tasted by Alex.kronenberg on 5/22/2011 & rated 85 points: Sharon was to drunk to properly rate (5007 views) | | | Tasted by Crr on 5/21/2011: Nice everyone enjoyed this (4770 views) | | | Tasted by Marc S on 4/29/2011 & rated 88 points: This is a great everyday drinking wine. Well balanced as noted below. (4704 views) | | | Tasted by danielbleier on 3/20/2011 & rated 89 points: Black currant and plum, almost no tannin. Good flavor and long. Reminded me of Columbia Crest at its best. (4894 views) | | | Tasted by izzy_z on 2/5/2011 & rated 91 points: Well balanced; "clean" flavor (5488 views) | | | Tasted by wehouck on 1/30/2011: Average cab. sauv. (5023 views) | | | Tasted by CultCabKing on 1/15/2011 & rated 79 points: hot and thin with kerosene feel - fruit is pretty light. Second tasting is better. both were from single bottles. maybe first was old? Tasted for a third time 1/11 - this glass (also from single pour) tasted really nice! Linda liked it as well. (2559 views) | | | Tasted by Vinomo on 1/15/2011 & rated 78 points: Very disappointing! (6073 views) | | | Tasted by danielbleier on 1/6/2011 & rated 90 points: consistent with prior notes (6079 views) | | | Tasted by Zinlady on 12/23/2010 & rated 90 points: Had at Tastebuds restaurant with Osso bucco. Was big on body and dark fruit. Easy to drink (6243 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Red 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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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