Decant it if at all possible. Opens up nicely. Nice berries and smooth. Picked up a bottle at grocery outlet for $3.99. Went back and bought a case!!! This is what I would expect from a decent $12-14$ bottle. Not what I'd pull out for a nice dinner but nice enough to keep guests away from my good stuff!!!
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This wine really needs to be decanted for about an hour. Before that, I was getting a distinctive leathery spice taste that was not that great and it cast a shadow over everything else. After that, I got a dark berry on the nose, with dark berries and tobacco on the palette. And, a long finish with spice, tobacco and leather. Hard to rate this one!
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7/2/2016 - tommbox Likes this wine: 89 Points
Blackberry lighter in color for a Zin
Decent with pork tenderloin cabbage steaks and smashed potatoes
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6/23/2016 - DaVinciKittie wrote: 92 Points
Fruit forward, slightly tannic, pleasing experience, goes well with everything
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4/18/2015 - Frank T Likes this wine: 83 Points
Decant it if at all possible. Opens up nicely. Nice berries and smooth.
Picked up a bottle at grocery outlet for $3.99. Went back and bought a case!!!
This is what I would expect from a decent $12-14$ bottle. Not what I'd pull out for a nice dinner but nice enough to keep guests away from my good stuff!!!
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3/5/2015 - nose2nose wrote: 85 Points
This wine really needs to be decanted for about an hour. Before that, I was getting a distinctive leathery spice taste that was not that great and it cast a shadow over everything else. After that, I got a dark berry on the nose, with dark berries and tobacco on the palette. And, a long finish with spice, tobacco and leather. Hard to rate this one!
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