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Kings Mountain Meritage (Santa Cruz Mountains)
Santa Cruz Mountains · Central Coast · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Other
- Grape
- Meritage
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Santa Cruz Mountains · Central Coast
- Appellation
- Santa Cruz Mountains
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
bife grelhado · cordeiro assado · queijos curados · carnes de caça
Rated vintages
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200688 pts
Rather tough and gritty now, this bone dry wine offers herb, tobacco and cedar flavors, with suggestions of cherries and currants. It's the answer to folks who complain that California Cabernets are fruit and oak bombs. Could surprise with 5–7 years in the bottle.
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200584 pts
Dry and clean, but this Cabernet-based Bordeaux blend shows a surprising sharpness and hardness for a wine from this vintage, at this age. The black currant flavors are buried by tannic astringency. Doesn't seem likely to age.