Bottle Juice

…13% barbera, 12% merlot, 12% cabernet sauvignon, 7% grenache. A pastiche of grapes that produced a warm, spicy, fleshy fruity and engaging wine; dark ruby-magenta color; cassis and blueberry, lavender, lilac and licorice; graphite and shale; hint of cloves and vanilla; quite dry, but juicy with black and blue fruit flavors supported by dense chewy tannins and burnished oak. Great for pizzas, burgers and such. Very Good+. About $ 17.

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Given that I'd been long-seduced by its Sauvignon Semillons, was crazy about its Cabernet blends, and had been excited by what I'd been hearing about its culinary scene, it was amazingly only last year that I finally made it over to Margaret River. And when I finally arrived in Western Australia there were surprises in store, writes Jo Burzynsca in The New Zealand Herald.

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…good wetting of the foliage and avoiding an excess of water stress. Nevertheless, one of our plots of Cabernet-Sauvignon faced a heat stroke and we lost 30% of that crop.

Beginning of September, the maturation process was low, and the few rains of the 6th and 8th happily accelerated the phenomenon. Since then, the phenolic maturity came gradually and we had to be patient. The good weather settled with cold nights that encouraged the accumulation of polyphenols and preserved flavors.

The …

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Red table wine vintage " Codru", made from grapes of Cabernet-Sauvignon ( 75%) and Merlot ( 25%), which the Moldovan wine producers is grown in Central and South zones of Moldova on the sunny slopes of hills.

Actually Mark " Codru" was founded by Moldovan RIVW in 1966.

This wine has a garnet color with onion tone. Bouquet " Codru" different characteristic variety " Cabernet Sauvignon" morocco tones and slightly bitter, astringent …

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…from a high-elevation vineyard on Atlas Peak. The blend is 76 percent cabernet sauvignon, 12 percent cabernet franc, 8 percent merlot and 4% petit verdot; the wine aged 22 months in French oak barrels. The task here obviously was not to pinpoint the character of a particular vineyard or even a small appellation but to embody some spirit or essence of the Napa Valley, at which I think the wine succeeds admirably.

Sequoia Grove Cambium 2007, Napa Valley, presents a dark ruby …

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…while they were at it allow the use of Chardonnay (for white wine production) and Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sangiovese (for red wine production)?

Recently I lamented the addition of a mere 5% or Cabernet or Merlot to Gaglioppo in Cirò . After all, Cirò has the history of thousands of years going back to that clichéd story about an Olympian in the days of Magna Graecia. Donnici, Pollino Verbicaro and San Vito di Luzzi, what are they? Johnny-come-latelies…

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VarietalComposition : 100% Cabernet Sauvignon.

Barrel Aging : Slow fermented on the skins fortwo weeks and aged 14 months in 1 and 2 year old French and American barrels.

2009Royalty Red

Tasting Notes : A deep dark red hue and rich purple edge is followed by a plum,jammy aroma reminiscent of freshly ripened fruit. Its mild, smooth tanninsshowcase a bit of oak aging, balanced with complexity through the finish.

Appellatio n: Monterey County .

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Getting serious wine buffs to agree on which is the greater red wine style, Bordeaux or Burgundy, is akin to getting a roomful of economists to agree on anything. Bordeaux is the classic blend involving Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and, to a lesser extent, Petit Verdot and Malbec. It can be all of the above, sometimes with a dash of Carmenere, or it can be a combination of just a few such as St Emilion wines, which often rely on Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Burgundy…

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The 2004 Melange de Trois is a blend of 41% cabernet sauvignon, 31% merlot, & 28% cabernet franc. It has an explosive nose of blackberry and cassis along with a hint of fallen leaves or tobacco. There's also a whiff of vanilla. This tastes and smells like an old-world, Bordeaux styled wine. Medium in body, it's delicious flavors of raspberry, cherry, and dark brambly fruit, give way to do an excellent long finish ... very nice. A very, very good wine.

Jamesport continues …

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