Highly unusual blend of 90% Mourvedre for a French wine, with the remainder of 10% Grenache. Pitch black to the edge. Surprisingly upfront and rounded instead of being gripingly tannic. Enters the mouth fruity, dry. and acidic. Took about 5 days after being opened for the tannic grip to fully reassert itself.
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Agree with note by guribh- nice blend but flavors are fading, some dark fruits, graphite, faint hint of olive tapenade, medium finish - was better a couple uears ago, time to drink up for sure
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Really improving nicely--this bottle was several steps beyond the one I had a few months ago. Nice harmony of black plum, black cherry, tar, and iron/cedar. Excellent with a grilled flank steak.
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Dark, concentrated southern tier, full of dark fruit, dry leather, first taste is a massive in the mouth joyfulness with a long chewy finish. This wine seems to beg to be decanted. I'll update this later as I think the best is yet to come as the air gets to it.
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Another lovely bottle. Full of dark, savage fruit, with pepper and tar notes. A wine that begs for meat, with the tannins quite noticeable, yet ameliorates with air. A bit more stuffing on the mid-palate would really make this sing. Good value wine.
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This shows lots of Mouvedre character; blackberries, licorice, pepper and tar. Ample sturcture almost begs for some decanting or cellaring. Quite a big shouldered, meaty wine and nice value to boot.
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Deep wine, with load of black fruits, tar and violets. Quite structured, with fine grained tannins that beg for decanting or cellar time. Good concentration, fine length. Wish I had the patience to age this. Nice value at $14.
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I liked this better than I did 7 months ago. The bitterness I found last time is much reduced, and overall the taste is more harmonious, particularly on day 2.
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Fairly ambitious wine for the price. Lots of dark fruits, like blackberry and plumbs. A bit of game and licorice as well, with some hefty tannins. This was much better on day two, when the tannins were softer. This seems like it could be a medium term ager.
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- Garnet color and aromas of blackberry. It's balanced and has flavours of blackberry, hazelnut and dusty with a medium/full body. Polished texture with a medium finish.
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Fruit forward berry-flavored wine with wild herbs and fur; spicy rustic coffee finish. Pleasant untamed quality; a nice change from more Grenache-dominated Southern Rhones.
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The wine has a very deep purple color and an instant bouquet of dark cerries and fruits. It is very fruit forward , and medium to full bodied with a realtively long fruit driven finish. The wine is young and will balance out over the next year if you can wait to consume it. Great by itself and with food. The wine is a crowd pleaser now that will gain complexity.
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This was a decent bottle of wine but lacked some maturity. The flavors have not fully mellowed so it was not as smooth as I prefer. I have another bottle in the cellar that will probably age another 2 years before I consume it.
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Dark purple-red; wine coats the glass after a swirl and a sip. The taste, which I didn't particularly care for, had both a sweetness and a bitterness--kind of a plum-raisin laced with a dash of Suze liqueur and a hint of almost syrupy sugar. The wine is 90% mourvèdre, which probably means that I don't like a wine composed of so much mourvèdre. I'm going to wait a year on the next bottle and see what happens.
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7/28/2018 - Mossrose wrote: 91 Points
Highly unusual blend of 90% Mourvedre for a French wine, with the remainder of 10% Grenache. Pitch black to the edge. Surprisingly upfront and rounded instead of being gripingly tannic. Enters the mouth fruity, dry. and acidic. Took about 5 days after being opened for the tannic grip to fully reassert itself.
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7/27/2018 - mdkraft99 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Agree with note by guribh- nice blend but flavors are fading, some dark fruits, graphite, faint hint of olive tapenade, medium finish - was better a couple uears ago, time to drink up for sure
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4/6/2018 - guribh wrote: 87 Points
Drying out... Still useful, but I'd drink up within the next year or two. Rather simple, but quite nice, all said and done.
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7/17/2014 - donash.com wrote: 89 Points
- Ruby color - Really nice with some brea.
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4/8/2014 - donash.com wrote: 88 Points
- Crimsom color.
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2/17/2014 - donash.com wrote: 89 Points
- Ruby color - Very nice blend.
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11/7/2013 - Baudelaire wrote: 89 Points
Developing very nicely!
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8/18/2013 - simonsmd wrote: 89 Points
Very bold dark fruit instantly, nice round plum, little acidic on finish
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7/4/2013 - Baudelaire wrote: 89 Points
Really improving nicely--this bottle was several steps beyond the one I had a few months ago. Nice harmony of black plum, black cherry, tar, and iron/cedar. Excellent with a grilled flank steak.
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6/2/2013 - haBu Likes this wine: 89 Points
Dark, concentrated southern tier, full of dark fruit, dry leather, first taste is a massive in the mouth joyfulness with a long chewy finish. This wine seems to beg to be decanted. I'll update this later as I think the best is yet to come as the air gets to it.
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4/25/2013 - mdefreitas wrote: 90 Points
Another lovely bottle. Full of dark, savage fruit, with pepper and tar notes. A wine that begs for meat, with the tannins quite noticeable, yet ameliorates with air. A bit more stuffing on the mid-palate would really make this sing. Good value wine.
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4/5/2013 - mdefreitas wrote: 91 Points
This shows lots of Mouvedre character; blackberries, licorice, pepper and tar. Ample sturcture almost begs for some decanting or cellaring. Quite a big shouldered, meaty wine and nice value to boot.
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3/17/2013 - jayw wrote:
Dark berrys, bitter herbs, and animal hide, with sweet plum emerging at the end to redeem this wild, rustic Southern Rhone.
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2/21/2013 - mdefreitas wrote: 91 Points
Deep wine, with load of black fruits, tar and violets. Quite structured, with fine grained tannins that beg for decanting or cellar time. Good concentration, fine length. Wish I had the patience to age this. Nice value at $14.
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2/7/2013 - Baudelaire wrote: 85 Points
I liked this better than I did 7 months ago. The bitterness I found last time is much reduced, and overall the taste is more harmonious, particularly on day 2.
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1/30/2013 - mdefreitas wrote: 89 Points
Fairly ambitious wine for the price. Lots of dark fruits, like blackberry and plumbs. A bit of game and licorice as well, with some hefty tannins. This was much better on day two, when the tannins were softer. This seems like it could be a medium term ager.
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1/26/2013 - donash.com wrote: 90 Points
- Garnet color and aromas of blackberry. It's balanced and has flavours of blackberry, hazelnut and dusty with a medium/full body. Polished texture with a medium finish.
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1/25/2013 - jayw Likes this wine:
Fruit forward berry-flavored wine with wild herbs and fur; spicy rustic coffee finish. Pleasant untamed quality; a nice change from more Grenache-dominated Southern Rhones.
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12/9/2012 - Rock Cellars wrote: 90 Points
The wine has a very deep purple color and an instant bouquet of dark cerries and fruits. It is very fruit forward , and medium to full bodied with a realtively long fruit driven finish. The wine is young and will balance out over the next year if you can wait to consume it. Great by itself and with food. The wine is a crowd pleaser now that will gain complexity.
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11/30/2012 - dnsteadman Likes this wine: 88 Points
This was a decent bottle of wine but lacked some maturity. The flavors have not fully mellowed so it was not as smooth as I prefer. I have another bottle in the cellar that will probably age another 2 years before I consume it.
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11/21/2012 - ekenneth wrote: 89 Points
Interesting funky mouvedre blend, a decent buy at $25
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7/8/2012 - Baudelaire wrote: 80 Points
Dark purple-red; wine coats the glass after a swirl and a sip. The taste, which I didn't particularly care for, had both a sweetness and a bitterness--kind of a plum-raisin laced with a dash of Suze liqueur and a hint of almost syrupy sugar. The wine is 90% mourvèdre, which probably means that I don't like a wine composed of so much mourvèdre. I'm going to wait a year on the next bottle and see what happens.
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6/21/2012 - vruyr wrote:
Spicy
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