I had this one years back (and didn't remember I had it until looking it up) but tried it again this week and ended up buying another 3 bottles of this variety. Starts off nice and dry with dried cherry, raspberry, and plum on the palette. Then comes the oak with a vengeance. Finish is nice and long, very dry and bitter with flavors of cranberry and fig that linger on and on. Just had it with a Meaty Spaghetti with lots of garlic and thyme and it was in its element.
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This bottle was better tha first. Medium light ruby color. Less medicinal than last time, red cherry, cranberry and some earthiness and spice. 13% abv.
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I'm a fan of Rioja, which can be good values, but this version was rough, disjointed and medicinal and did not improve on day 2. The good news is that it is cheap; the bad news is that it is cheap pizza wine at best.
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4/18/2016 - MrStai Likes this wine: 80 Points
I had this one years back (and didn't remember I had it until looking it up) but tried it again this week and ended up buying another 3 bottles of this variety. Starts off nice and dry with dried cherry, raspberry, and plum on the palette. Then comes the oak with a vengeance. Finish is nice and long, very dry and bitter with flavors of cranberry and fig that linger on and on. Just had it with a Meaty Spaghetti with lots of garlic and thyme and it was in its element.
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3/1/2015 - StainedGlass wrote: 86 Points
This bottle was better tha first. Medium light ruby color. Less medicinal than last time, red cherry, cranberry and some earthiness and spice. 13% abv.
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9/9/2013 - StainedGlass wrote: 82 Points
I'm a fan of Rioja, which can be good values, but this version was rough, disjointed and medicinal and did not improve on day 2. The good news is that it is cheap; the bad news is that it is cheap pizza wine at best.
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