Stone Hill Winery
Norton
Hermann, Missouri, USA
2006 | Norton
Stone Hill Winery
Ozark Mountain; Hermann, MO USA
(90-92; Drink 2021-31)
2006 | Norton
Stone Hill Winery
Ozark Mountain; Hermann, MO USA
(90-92; Drink 2021-31)
2002; Father's Day 2022.
👃 Ripe plum, moist prune, damp mahogany shavings, wet leather, dried blackberries, pencil lead, cherry syrup | 👅 Dark chocolate covered blackberries, plum skin, cocoa powder, dehydrated Bing cherries.
Cork pulled, double decant, 10H rest at time of notes.
Paired to a slow & low baked beef tenderloin with roasted root vegetables, several hours of low temperature patience required for a reward of a beautiful beef (Kinderhook Farm; Valatie, NY) roast at ~135°F.
2002; Father's Day 2022.
👃 Ripe plum, moist prune, damp mahogany shavings, wet leather, dried blackberries, pencil lead, cherry syrup | 👅 Dark chocolate covered blackberries, plum skin, cocoa powder, dehydrated Bing cherries.
Cork pulled, double decant, 10H rest at time of notes.
Paired to a slow & low baked beef tenderloin with roasted root vegetables, several hours of low temperature patience required for a reward of a beautiful beef (Kinderhook Farm; Valatie, NY) roast at ~135°F.
Tea tree oil, licorice, soy sauce, leather, craisins, and a dozen more. Tasting history here. Clearly this kinda wine needs maturity. #maturewine #mowine #norton
Tea tree oil, licorice, soy sauce, leather, craisins, and a dozen more. Tasting history here. Clearly this kinda wine needs maturity. #maturewine #mowine #norton
Jun 17th, 2016
Quite good! First Norton for me. Has some spice and complexity, with tannins balanced by stone fruit and currant. Do I detect a note of orange peel on the finish?
Quite good! First Norton for me. Has some spice and complexity, with tannins balanced by stone fruit and currant. Do I detect a note of orange peel on the finish?
Mar 25th, 2022
Another sentimental selection pulled off of the rack for fear of being bad and, therefore, wasted real estate. Alas, I think it’s actually drinking on par for what it is: a Missouri red wine. My wife visited the Stone Hill Winery while on her bachelorette party to Branson in 2014 and enjoyed both her experience and, more to the point, this wine enough to purchase a bottle and bring it home for me to try.
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Dark purple at the core with the edges fading out to a ruby red on the rim. A nicely perfumed nose with spices, vanilla, blackberries and blueberries. The palate, however, is what trips me up a little. The first word that came to mind was “disjointed.” It attempts to head in the direction of big Napa cab with oaky/vanilla, plums, licorice, blackberries, spices, and cedar but in an instant it’s gone and your left with a strange mix of acidity that fools the palate into thinking it’s not a Napa cab after all but, instead, a Bourgogne Rouge with a millisecond’s worth of bright cherries, tobacco, and tree sap. Not much structure. And then it’s all over. For what it is it’s fun to try, and I think that’s the point here. A noble effort.
Another sentimental selection pulled off of the rack for fear of being bad and, therefore, wasted real estate. Alas, I think it’s actually drinking on par for what it is: a Missouri red wine. My wife visited the Stone Hill Winery while on her bachelorette party to Branson in 2014 and enjoyed both her experience and, more to the point, this wine enough to purchase a bottle and bring it home for me to try.
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Dark purple at the core with the edges fading out to a ruby red on the rim. A nicely perfumed nose with spices, vanilla, blackberries and blueberries. The palate, however, is what trips me up a little. The first word that came to mind was “disjointed.” It attempts to head in the direction of big Napa cab with oaky/vanilla, plums, licorice, blackberries, spices, and cedar but in an instant it’s gone and your left with a strange mix of acidity that fools the palate into thinking it’s not a Napa cab after all but, instead, a Bourgogne Rouge with a millisecond’s worth of bright cherries, tobacco, and tree sap. Not much structure. And then it’s all over. For what it is it’s fun to try, and I think that’s the point here. A noble effort.
So good! Another where I come from... Missouri wine.
So good! Another where I come from... Missouri wine.
Apr 7th, 2015
