Community Tasting Note

forceberry wrote:

Saturday, February 23, 2019 - A blend of biodynamically farmed Syrah (45%), Carmenere (35%), Cabernet Sauvignon (8%), Mourvèdre (5%), Malbec (4%) and Petit Verdot (3%). Fermented spontaneously with native yeasts and macerated for 25 days with the skins in stainless steel tanks. Aged for 14 months in French oak barriques (75%), 2000-5000 liter foudres (20%) and egg-shaped concrete tanks (5%). 14,5% alcohol, 2 g/l residual sugar and 4,8 g/l acidity. Tasted blind in VV.

Dense, fully opaque blackish-red color. The nose feels restrained and quite toasty with aromas of smoky wood, some roasted bell pepper tones, a little bit of savory wood spice, light blackcurrant tones, a hint of medicinal herbs and a touch of salty liquorice. The wine is quite ripe and rich on the palate with a moderately full body and intense, dry-ish flavors of blackcurrant jam, some bell pepper, a little bit of meaty umami, light red plum tones and a hint of cherry pit. The acidity feels modest-to-medium, so the structure relies more on the somewhat grippy medium tannins. The high alcohol lends some heat to the mouthfeel. The finish is gently grippy and quite warm with rich, dry-ish flavors of blackcurrant, some sweet stewed bell pepper tones, a little bit of extracted woody bitterness, light medicinal herb tones, a hint of chocolate oak and a touch of gamey meatiness.

A rich, extracted and rather soft super-Chilean. Not your worst offender, but still way too ripe and sweet-toned in fruit and low in acidity. Quite a bit too much oak for my taste as well. There's literally nothing here to make me feel excited. Drinkable, but at the same time rather disappointing. Very overpriced for the quality at 28,98€.

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