Winery - Fortress
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A beautiful Petite Sirah, and a serious player. Shows the classic balance and elegance of a fine red wine, with smooth tannins framing the variety’s wildly exotic flavors of blackberries, blueberries, bacon, tobacco, grilled mushrooms, tamari, anise and lots of black pepper. Great now with BBQ, and should evolve in interesting ways for many years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Fortress is piling up quite an impressive record for good Sauvignon Blanc at a fair price. Their 2008, which is unoaked, combines crisp acidity and extreme dryness with complex flavors of lemons, grapefruits and gooseberries. Sommeliers should scoop this one up.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Fortress is establishing a formidable record for Sauvignon Blanc. The ’06 is rich, elegant, and enormously drinkable. There’s great delicacy to the mouthfeel, with stony, mineral flavors that add tang to the lime, Meyer lemon and smoky spice flavors that finish so dry and crisp. The Red Hills of Lake County is proving to be an extremely promising source of Bordeaux varieties, both red and white.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
These Lake County Sauvignons sure are getting interesting. This one is an amazing wine, bone dry, tingly-tart and filled with gooseberry, grapefruit and minerals. It stimulates some feral instinct in the mouth, living up to its savage, wild name.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
I loved the ’04 for its big, bright bold fruit, and this ’05 is nearly as good, even though the winery dropped the price by a buck. Could be a little drier, but the incredible acidity, so racy and zesty, keeps the citrus, spearmint and peach fruit clean. A 100% Musque clone.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A fine Sauvignon Blanc whose slight sweetness is completely balanced with crisp acidity. Satisfies for the richness of the grilled pineapple, green apple jam and white pepper flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Fortress’s Sauvignon Blanc, based on the Musque clone, is seriously good at a fair price, and now they’ve blended it with some Sémillon to produce this slightly sweet dessert wine. With residual sugar of 5.3%, it shows crisp acidity and wonderfully pure flavors of ripe pears, peaches and vanilla.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Lots to like in this Lake County wine. It’s very crisp in acidity and clean, with a minerally scour to the lemon, lime and kiwi flavors. On the minus side, it’s rather sweet, which gives it a fruit juice quality.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Honeyed richness gives this wine its allure. It’s fabulously sweet and unctuous, with apricot-and peach-infused flavors enriched with vanilla and crème brûlée. Could be crisper in defining acidity, but it sure is decadent.
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Fortress Sémillon - 2007
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