Full day decant. Drank over eleven hours. It needed the decant. Deep, garnet abyss in color. Loads of dark berries. Vanilla and oak is present. Thick, Unctuous. Fruit is there, but balanced. Medium finish. Absolutely delicious wine for the price. Case worthy. Will age well I am sure.
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Dark purple red; nose quite neutral, a hint of vanilla, a hint of fruit, but not much; powerful attack, quite some licorice, lots of body with some fine fruit, somewhat burning middle and aftertaste, light tannic ending; 15% alcohol and it shows; for powerful dishes and not for fine dining; an in-your-face wine with lots of power and very little finesse
Deep and luscious, yet punchy and perfumed. There are notes of cherry, plum, lavender and earth. It has plenty of flesh and nice detail. Balance is perfect and it drinks very well as a youngster.
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This wine is more impressive than pleasurable, right now. There are some elements that make me wonder if this will actually be worth the longish haul for which it is built; there is a prune and slightly kirsch/rancio character that is combined with a slight lack of intensity that makes me wonder if the difficulties with the vintage will prevail over the efforts of the winemaker.
Make no mistake, there are good things here and time may cure all; but I am afraid I have my doubts. Try it and see for yourself, or get a better vintage and save yourself the worry.
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Black raspberries, grilled meat, Herbs de Provence and forest notes work well on the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, silky, elegant and pure, with a sweet, juicy kirsch note in the finish.
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1/25/2023 - fizz wrote:
Dark berries and plum. Fleshy. Dense but not heavy. Carries the 15% alcohol well. Drinks well over 3 days.
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1/23/2022 - Genghis88 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Full day decant. Drank over eleven hours. It needed the decant.
Deep, garnet abyss in color.
Loads of dark berries. Vanilla and oak is present.
Thick, Unctuous. Fruit is there, but balanced. Medium finish. Absolutely delicious wine for the price. Case worthy. Will age well I am sure.
Pizza by Britt
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10/20/2021 - Miceri Likes this wine: 88 Points
Dark purple red; nose quite neutral, a hint of vanilla, a hint of fruit, but not much; powerful attack, quite some licorice, lots of body with some fine fruit, somewhat burning middle and aftertaste, light tannic ending; 15% alcohol and it shows; for powerful dishes and not for fine dining; an in-your-face wine with lots of power and very little finesse
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10/20/2021 - Miceri wrote: flawed
Medium dark red; corked nose
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5/5/2021 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Deep and luscious, yet punchy and perfumed. There are notes of cherry, plum, lavender and earth. It has plenty of flesh and nice detail. Balance is perfect and it drinks very well as a youngster.
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4/17/2021 - Rote Kappelle wrote: 90 Points
This wine is more impressive than pleasurable, right now. There are some elements that make me wonder if this will actually be worth the longish haul for which it is built; there is a prune and slightly kirsch/rancio character that is combined with a slight lack of intensity that makes me wonder if the difficulties with the vintage will prevail over the efforts of the winemaker.
Make no mistake, there are good things here and time may cure all; but I am afraid I have my doubts. Try it and see for yourself, or get a better vintage and save yourself the worry.
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10/12/2020 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
Black raspberries, grilled meat, Herbs de Provence and forest notes work well on the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, silky, elegant and pure, with a sweet, juicy kirsch note in the finish.
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