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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.7 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by iatros on 9/25/2015 & rated 91 points: Light nose but smooth, balanced. blackberry, tobacco, very pleasant. (1504 views) | | | Tasted by redbrix on 9/24/2013 & rated 82 points: Very smooth medium bodied with hints of cherry and chocolate (2152 views) | | | Tasted by Baylorwine on 1/22/2007 & rated 88 points: It was well balanced and starting to fade, but the nose and flavor were pleasant and drank smooth, even on the second day. (3895 views) | | | Tasted by wood on 9/30/2006 & rated 87 points: not much nose, but good flavor, and smooth like to good Merlot. (3821 views) | | | Tasted by PowerJ on 4/15/2006 & rated 89 points: No tanins or acid. This wine is at its peak now. Not as good as we experienced it in 2001. This wine was not worth holding on to this long. Wine was stored at 55 degrees and 80% humidity. (4446 views) | | | Tasted by neilr on 12/31/2005 & rated 89 points: Think we got this at the right time. Had with good strip steaks and thought it was a nice round merlot. (3410 views) | | | Tasted by PinotFan on 12/22/2005 & rated 84 points: A bit ordinary. Not much to talk about. A rather ordinary Merlot. (2515 views) | | | Tasted by decaturwinedude on 12/11/2004 & rated 88 points: This may be past its prime. Just simple red fruit and oakiness. Not much to talk about. Slightly acidic and clipped finish. (2758 views) | | | Tasted by twoamps on 1/3/2003 & rated 85 points: had with spicy lasagna so hard to taste
sort of thin in the middle, a bit hot on finish. (432 views) |
| Chateau St. Jean Producer website
Founded in 1973, Chateau St Jean has long been recognized as a leader in Sonoma County Vineyard Designated wines. Winemaker Margo Van Staaveren uses her more than 35 years of vineyard and winemaking expertise with Chateau St Jean to highlight the best of each vineyard in every wine. MerlotMerlot 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 CountySonoma Coast |
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