2017 Owen Roe Red Wine Yakima Valley
Community Tasting Note
Josch48 Likes this wine:
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 - Opaque dark cherry color indicative of warm climate ripe fruit extraction level, in spite of only 14.1% alcohol. Aroma of sweet dusty fruit mélange with a hint of what bouquet will evolve in the years to come.
Aggressive medium body mouthfeel with stronger than expected acidity and highly articulate tannins present. The fruit is tightly wrapped (To use a term I remember the presenter at a 1990 Bordeaux tasting use, oh these many years ago, “Inferred Fruit.”) with the larger Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Malbec berries being the more prominent flavors. Strangely, the Cabernet Sauvignon is the sweetest of the cast of Vinifera, and will likely carry much of the responsibility for whatever complexity this wine will exhibit. The wine is highly pleasurable and easily accessible at its present stage, although I would have expected this blend of warm terroir varietals to show with more complexity, as it seems the group is vying for position in the cue rather than showing team spirit and synergistically performing.
The wine is well made and I will monitor the other bottles, fingers crossed, over the ensuing years.
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