Stone Hill Norton Estate Bottled Hermann

Intense red currant, slight brick color, with steak and grilled sweet potatoes. Very fine. If only all Nortons were aged this long.

I surprisingly enjoyed this wine. It was slightly corked, but bright acidity (even after 16 years) highlighted streaks of red fruit and an almost Cab Franc-like green note. Tannin intervened a little bit, but age had rounded it out and it seemed well integrated. Rating is low for CT, but honest. Don't let it stop you from trying this American classic of a wine. It's a bottle of history.

My first Norton in 38 years, and I'm very pleased. Beautiful dark beet red color with no edges; based on color alone it didi not look like a 14 year old wine. Great fruit nose, ripe blue and black fruits. Nice mouth feel, smooth dark fruit flavors, good acid backbone, smooth tannins; decent length but no particular complexity. Good wine to accompany grilled dry ribs. Got better with air. True to its reputation, aged Nortons are delicious wines, the key …

Over the hill

Drank as part of a 2000-2009 vertical. Dark plum color. Still with bramble fruits on the nose. Smooth with nice long finish. This is holding up much longer than expected.

Has aged nicely. Smooth yet robust peppery, chocolate notes of Norton with a lingering finish. Stone Hill stands aart from other Missouri winemakers when it comes to Norton.

Age does make a difference in Norton. Excellent compliment to spagetti

briar cinnamon early out of the bottle moderate tannins with dark red fruit background will update after more decanting really develops after 3 hours earth and white pepper cinnamon(slight) dark red fruits balanced by tannin underlyng norton briar