This wine is essentially liquid fruit leather. It has enough tannins and acid to present a very balanced structure, despite the RS and racy fruit. Lingers long enough and dry enough to pull into the next sip. Would be a dangerous red wine for minglers. I think it's a steal for an under $20 wine.
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Dominated by stone fruit (peach , pear), with a touch of melon. Lacks structure (concentration of flavor and acidity), and comes off a bit flabby / watery. Salty minerality and oak astringency on the finish with a slightly alcoholic fade. A middling white; perhaps an off year for this wine.
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This is a dark and lively wine. It has bracing acidity, a fruit forward nature, yet possesses a complex and dusty tannin backbone. This wine probably will be somewhat polarizing... It is simultaneously old and new world and is un-apologetically unfiltered (aka has some chunks). It's a conversation piece, and has unquestionable character at an affordable price.
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2015 Cielo Appassionatamente Veneto IGT
12/18/2018 - Stelvinator Likes this wine: 90 Points
This wine is essentially liquid fruit leather. It has enough tannins and acid to present a very balanced structure, despite the RS and racy fruit. Lingers long enough and dry enough to pull into the next sip. Would be a dangerous red wine for minglers. I think it's a steal for an under $20 wine.
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2017 Domaine Lafage Cuvée Centenaire
11/4/2018 - Stelvinator wrote: 86 Points
Dominated by stone fruit (peach , pear), with a touch of melon. Lacks structure (concentration of flavor and acidity), and comes off a bit flabby / watery. Salty minerality and oak astringency on the finish with a slightly alcoholic fade. A middling white; perhaps an off year for this wine.
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2013 Rojac Refošk Istra
9/22/2017 - Stelvinator Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is a dark and lively wine. It has bracing acidity, a fruit forward nature, yet possesses a complex and dusty tannin backbone. This wine probably will be somewhat polarizing... It is simultaneously old and new world and is un-apologetically unfiltered (aka has some chunks). It's a conversation piece, and has unquestionable character at an affordable price.
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