Terra Valentine Marriage Red (Spring Mountain District)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Other

Uva

Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc

País

United States

Região

Spring Mountain District · Napa

Denominação

Spring Mountain District, Napa, California

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201390 pts

  Smooth and round in an approachable, big-boned way, this blend has moderate acidity and a grippy finish, while offering flavors of raspberry, plum, crayon and mocha.

• 201188 pts

  Herbal peppercorn cradles a soft composition with an oaky, structured backbone to this wine comprised of 47% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Cabernet Franc. Medium bodied, the cranberry, tobacco and plum play on the palate through a lengthy finish.

• 201094 pts

  The 2010 vintage was a generally good one for the winery. Most of the Cabs were released last year, but they've held this Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot blend back for extra time in the bottle. Yet it's still very tannic, stinging the gums with astringency. Underneath that is a beaut…

• 200895 pts

  A best-of-barrels blend from the classic Bordeaux varieties, this wine is delicious. It's not hard for Napa to ripen fruit to blackberry and cherry perfection, or for the winemaker to age the wine in the best oak. What's difficult is to house all this richness in such smooth tan…

• 200693 pts

  Dramatically rich and structured, this mountain blend of Bordeaux varieties needs time in the cellar. Right now, it's tannic and astringent, with youthful flavors of blackberries, minerals and smoky new oak. But it's a very fine wine that should hold and mellow through 2014.