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Wine.woot_taster wrote:

Friday, November 6, 2015 - '13 cass Mourvèdre tasting notes from 9/4/15

I found this to be a quite interesting wine. Everything I know about Mourvèdre is it makes a great rose and it's typically used in blending for its color and tannins. So I opened this version from Paso and expected a big dark fruit tannic wine. I did not get that.

Day 1, 30 minutes from PNP, with bbq chicken.
It's a medium garnet in color, clear with no sediment. A moderate but young nose of dusty cherry and some minor alcohol note. On the tongue it's really interesting, it's dry, medium bodies ed bordering on light. Good acidity and minimal tannins. It's well balanced and could maybe use a bit more body. Flavors are black cherry, and raspberry. No ancillary Flavors, no noticeable oak. Decent finish.

Day 2,
After dinner,
Definitely the same wine but it feels a little fuller and the fruit has come out a bit. The nose has a very perfume quality to it. And the alcohol had become more noticeable. The palate retained its nice acidity and took on a much more juicy quality that leaves your mouth wanting more. A very smooth soft red fruit mouth feel. I really enjoyed it more day 2 and recommend at around $20 a bottle.

It needs a stiff decant or at least shouldered a couple hours before enjoying. If I were given this at a blind tasting I would swear it was a Sonoma coast Pinot noir. It totally threw me.

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