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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by AlphaMikeFoxtrot on 2/9/2024 & rated 92 points: Holding up beautifully aged 24!
Ripe red cherries, ripe cranberries, smoked meat, green bell pepper, and marshmallow on nose. Intensity of aromas is medium +. Palate adds some oak influences - tobacco and cedar - but also, much more interestingly, eucalyptus and black licorice. Rounded, yet complex, with a high intensity of flavors.
Medium + body with great acid. Tannins are declining. Finishes nice and long. Fully developed, drink now. Varietally correct for Merlot. Great pairing with a porterhouse. (89 views) | | Tasted by SUN-J on 6/21/2010 & rated 89 points: Bought for $4 in an auction -- holy QPR! Initially a touch oaky but after some swirling, it revealed notes of dark fruit and maybe some tobacco. Low tannins/acidity. (2722 views) | | Tasted by rmcnees on 5/9/2010 & rated 88 points: Medium bodied, subdued black berry fruit, hint of leather and spice. Overshadowed by bigger, fuller, more forward Melka CJ 2001 tasted along-side at Mother's Day dinner. (2622 views) | | Tasted by winegr on 10/20/2008 & rated 89 points: Lost a bit of fruit since the last bottle. drink up. Still very solid, but less fruit and more oak. (2729 views) | | Tasted by matthen on 12/12/2007 & rated 88 points: Aromas of spice, dark fruits, and meat reveal softened tannins and pleasant flavors of blackberry, spice, currant and herb. (2908 views) | | Tasted by winegr on 11/3/2007 & rated 90 points: Quite a nice big merlot. I had this a while ago, so an going from memory, but it was a complex, big merlot with classic sonoma characteristics. (2854 views) |
| Hanna Producer WebsiteMerlotMerlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape. Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin.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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma ValleySonoma County, California, is one of the most important winegrowing regions in the whole of the United States. Vines have been planted here since the 1850s and, apart from the inevitable hiatus brought about by Prohibition, the county's relationship with wine has been prolific and unbroken.
Viticulturally speaking, Sonoma County is divided into three distinct sections: Sonoma Valley, Northern Sonoma and Sonoma Coast. Each of these has its own AVA title and encompasses several sub-AVAs within its boundaries. |
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