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Berghold Winery Merlot, 2007
Probably least standout wine at Berghold. I rate this wine extraordinarily high semblance for its major cardinal content: berries, white pepper, and stable oak. Very little character, however. Good...
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Berghold Winery Cabernet/Syrah, 2006
I’m a little edgy rating a cabernet and syrah blend partly because I don’t know how I want to rate semblance. I’ve tried several, all over Paso Robles, Lodi, Livermore, and at the few that make them in...
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Berghold Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Estate, 2004
Berghold seems to be selling out of their cabernets: good for them. As a result they poured me this 2004, so I don’t know how useful this review will be. They called this Napa style and absolutely...
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Berghold Winery Syrah, 2007
This wine is why I liked the syrah/cabernet blend so much. I know very well that wine tasting is individual and we all see different things. I thought this syrah grape stock was incredibly good — I was...
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Berghold Winery Crankcase Red, 2008
The Crankcase Red is Berghold’s ‘kitchen sink’ red blend whose contents they hold proprietary. Clearly a mix of all of their big cardinal reds, however. It is interesting, and fun, but a little hard to...
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Berghold Viognier, 2009
Looks like I gave this same rating as last year’s 2008. Very crystalline, soda and sparkling characteristics, still young and high sugar, syrupy, with some barrel-caramel flavor. Link to winemaker....
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Berghold Footstomp Zinfandel, 2009
Though they talked up their 2009 vintage, this zinfandel didn’t stand up nearly as well as their older vintages I’ve tasted. Some of the same character: mineral and slate, dark ripe berries, vanilla,...
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Berghold Cabernet Sauvignon, 2007
I got far more vegetable flavors in this wine than the fruit they write up. I did get some berry flavors, light for 207 vintage, then beef, asparagus, arugula greens, green beans. Hearty vegetables,...
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Berghold Cabernet/Syrah, 2008
According to their notes, this can be labelled a cabernet in California. In any case this is better than the blend I remember from last year; chewy, chocolate and carob, great overall texture and feel...
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Berghold Crankcase, 2009
Like last year, still like the grapes themselves better than the blend (especially the syrah). High yield, dense, rice crisp chocolate, granite, boysenberry, fruit tart. Overly big wine. Crankcase not...
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