{"id":4019,"date":"2009-10-10T13:20:53","date_gmt":"2009-10-10T21:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/?p=4019"},"modified":"2010-05-12T16:04:04","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T00:04:04","slug":"sonoma-county-harvest-fair-2009-bordeaux-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/10\/sonoma-county-harvest-fair-2009-bordeaux-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonoma County Harvest Fair 2009 Bordeaux stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spragia Family Vineyards, Dry Creek Valley, Home Ranch, Merlot 2006 <\/strong>The nose features a strong blast of fresh oak. In the mouth that note carries through, with plummy fruit, a little warmth and a supple texture. V&B in St. Helena 15.6% $19.99 at Bottle Barn Sbragia Family<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Charles Creek, Alexander Valley, East Soda Rock Vineyard, Malbec 2007 <\/strong> It was a pleasure to see a number of very nice wines made from this grape at the competition. We chose this one as the Best of Class. It is full of black fruit, oaky and possesses a thickness in the mouth and great length. It is wonderful in that it combines richness of texture with long acidity – very nice. V&B in Graton 14.9% $15.99 at Bottle Barn Charles Creek<\/a><\/p>\n

Murphy-Goode, Alexander Valley, All In, Claret 2005 <\/strong>Unfortunately this wine is corked. V&B in Geyserville 14.5% $35.99 at Bottle Barn Murphy-Goode Winery<\/a><\/p>\n

Mazzocco, Sonoma County, Matrix 2004 <\/strong>We chose this as our Best of Class Bordeaux Blend over $25. My notes at the preliminary round show bright liqueur-like fruit in the nose and a mouth that combined suppleness, with concentrated fruit over top of structure.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately the bottle we have today is corked – ugh. Winemaker Antoine Favero V&B in Healdsburg 14.8% $33.99 at Bottle Barn Mazzocco Winery<\/a><\/p>\n

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deLorimier, Alexander Valley, Crazy Creek Vineyard, Estate Bottled, Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 <\/strong>There is vanilla and cherries in the nose while the mouth features a light-bodied, approachable, easy drinking profile. The wine was aged in French oak for 36 months. P&B in Geyserville 14.3% $33.69 at Bottle Barn deLorimier Winery<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dry Creek Vineyard, Dry Creek Valley, Endeavor, Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 <\/strong>This Cab shows its ties across the Atlantic to Bordeaux, where cedar combines with cassis. In the mouth it is structured, chewy and substantial with a nice sense of cassis and complexity; grab a steak if you have to drink it now. P&B in Healdsburg 13.9% $44.99 at Bottle Barn Dry Creek Vineyard<\/a><\/p>\n

Hauck Cellars, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley, Red Grav Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 <\/strong>There’s a lot of spiciness in the nose, with pine and bay leaves. In the mouth it is still quite tight, just a baby, gripping with lots of oak on top. The grapes are 96% Cab with 4% Merlot and the wine is aged for 22 months in all new oak, both French and American. Proprietors Greg and Jennifer Hauck. Bottled in Hopland 14.5% $38.99 at Bottle Barn Hauck<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spragia Family Vineyards, Dry Creek Valley, Home Ranch, Merlot 2006 The nose features a strong blast of fresh oak. In the mouth that note carries through, with plummy fruit, a little warmth and a supple texture. V&B in St. Helena 15.6% $19.99 at Bottle Barn Sbragia Family Charles Creek, Alexander Valley, East Soda Rock Vineyard, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[88,91,127,89,26,24,87,12,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alexander-valley","category-bordeaux-style-blends","category-cabernet-franc","category-cabernet-sauvignon","category-california","category-dry-creek-valley","category-malbec","category-merlot","category-sonoma-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4019"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6192,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019\/revisions\/6192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}