Cellar Raid: Grenache and Sangiovese (Extra Space, Singapore): A monster the start of the day - the first of many. This one was not half bad though, just not really my cup of tea. Nose would have pleased Parker et al, with dark cherries, plums and oak saoked in liberal amounts of glycerol. The alcohol was prevalent on the palate as well. Huge size and girth here, with a whole mouthfull of plum and prune fruit along with sugar, oak and spice. For all that, I must say that it was pretty well balanced, so that it never came across as toettering or grotesque. Pretty nicely integrated too. There was just a bit of heat moving into the finish, but otherwise, decently mid-lengthed, lots more spice, some wood, surprisingly juicy acidity and just the little kiss of tannins.
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9/5/2010 - Alex H wrote: 83 Points
Cellar Raid (ExtraSpace @ Boon Keng): Light oak, some bbq smoke, cool cardboard, wet cigarette. Juicy currants with well controlled alc.
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9/4/2010 - Paul S wrote: 88 Points
Cellar Raid: Grenache and Sangiovese (Extra Space, Singapore): A monster the start of the day - the first of many. This one was not half bad though, just not really my cup of tea. Nose would have pleased Parker et al, with dark cherries, plums and oak saoked in liberal amounts of glycerol. The alcohol was prevalent on the palate as well. Huge size and girth here, with a whole mouthfull of plum and prune fruit along with sugar, oak and spice. For all that, I must say that it was pretty well balanced, so that it never came across as toettering or grotesque. Pretty nicely integrated too. There was just a bit of heat moving into the finish, but otherwise, decently mid-lengthed, lots more spice, some wood, surprisingly juicy acidity and just the little kiss of tannins.
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