Opened for pizza night. Tight tannins and dry finish, but not unpleasant. Nice up-front fruit and leather. Amazing value, would buy some more even if I couldn't get it for $6.00.
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Leather along with red and black fruit on the nose. A little forest floor too. More black fruit on the palate. Some spice. Medium to full bodied. dried flowers. Black currants and black coffee. Day 2 - a little disjointed. Still dark. Tobacco. A little greeness on the backend. Tree bark. Awkward.
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Extremely tight on the pop and pour. Harsh and unimpressive. Not really by plan but this wine went unfinished and sat on my counter for 3 days. On the 3rd day it is far more yielding but still super dense, tight and far from falling apart. The red and black fruit is quite in balance with the structure. A very impressive wine for $10. A good one to pop open and have around for a few days.
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just popped 5 minutes ago.... Nose: prune & nut/cinnamon, moist, expansive. Taste: prune/black cherry, black tea on the finish. bigger than expected--i'm sure it will be better integrated soon.
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Very Unique! Green Green. The nose almost smells like a freshly cut granny smith apple mixed with green twigs that have been stripped of their thin outer bark. Taste is bright cherry, light in a way and still green vegetal tasting but difficult to pinpoint. Dry, mouth gripping with strong tannins, reminds me more of having the tannat grape present. A wine to expand your pallet.
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Deep dark brooding purple color with a peppery nose filled with black fruit. A huge mouthfeel with bright acids, plenty of fruit, and soft tannins. It has a nice lingering finish- this is a great QPR.
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Very rich inky purple. On opening some funkiness, tangy with tarry notes at first...after an hour or two waves of rich dark fruit come in. Not sweet, well balanced, grippy but not astringent tannins. Great QPR at $11. I think this is comparable to the wonderful 05.
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Opened and poured. Should have decanted. Improved after an hour. This is a good fine for $11. Nice ruby colour. not much nose . No oak. The palate was brite fresh berry...cherry,black berry,raspberry.Some mineral. Very fresh and clean. Developed some finish at the end. A pleasant wine. Not a fruit bomb or a extracted effort. Just enjoyable.
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8/29/2010 - DaddyNeedsPow wrote: 88 Points
Opened for pizza night. Tight tannins and dry finish, but not unpleasant. Nice up-front fruit and leather. Amazing value, would buy some more even if I couldn't get it for $6.00.
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8/15/2010 - ScottGoodwin wrote:
Cedar, spicy box, copper peeny aromas. Black and red fruits but they've clearly started to fade a bit. Feels a bit tired.
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3/12/2010 - jaredament wrote: 89 Points
Earthy, tar, mint, and great complexity for this priced to drink wine. Great value and enjoyable.
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11/22/2009 - ScottGoodwin wrote: 83 Points
Leather along with red and black fruit on the nose. A little forest floor too. More black fruit on the palate. Some spice. Medium to full bodied. dried flowers. Black currants and black coffee. Day 2 - a little disjointed. Still dark. Tobacco. A little greeness on the backend. Tree bark. Awkward.
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11/9/2009 - Zinny wrote:
Extremely tight on the pop and pour. Harsh and unimpressive. Not really by plan but this wine went unfinished and sat on my counter for 3 days. On the 3rd day it is far more yielding but still super dense, tight and far from falling apart. The red and black fruit is quite in balance with the structure. A very impressive wine for $10. A good one to pop open and have around for a few days.
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6/8/2009 - TLHWG wrote:
just popped 5 minutes ago....
Nose: prune & nut/cinnamon, moist, expansive.
Taste: prune/black cherry, black tea on the finish. bigger than expected--i'm sure it will be better integrated soon.
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3/27/2009 - ChrisV wrote: 90 Points
Very Unique! Green Green. The nose almost smells like a freshly cut granny smith apple mixed with green twigs that have been stripped of their thin outer bark. Taste is bright cherry, light in a way and still green vegetal tasting but difficult to pinpoint. Dry, mouth gripping with strong tannins, reminds me more of having the tannat grape present. A wine to expand your pallet.
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1/14/2009 - PSirah Tampa wrote: 91 Points
Deep dark brooding purple color with a peppery nose filled with black fruit. A huge mouthfeel with bright acids, plenty of fruit, and soft tannins. It has a nice lingering finish- this is a great QPR.
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1/13/2009 - kenito799 wrote: 90 Points
Very rich inky purple. On opening some funkiness, tangy with tarry notes at first...after an hour or two waves of rich dark fruit come in. Not sweet, well balanced, grippy but not astringent tannins. Great QPR at $11. I think this is comparable to the wonderful 05.
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1/6/2009 - benny wrote: 90 Points
Need to have more time to enjoy fully.
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12/19/2008 - benny wrote: 90 Points
Opened and poured. Should have decanted. Improved after an hour. This is a good fine for $11. Nice ruby colour. not much nose . No oak. The palate was brite fresh berry...cherry,black berry,raspberry.Some mineral. Very fresh and clean. Developed some finish at the end. A pleasant wine. Not a fruit bomb or a extracted effort. Just enjoyable.
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