This wine has been a consistent disappointment to me. I purchased 6 bottles based on reviews and I don't understand the enthusiasm. From the first bottle (I've been drinking about 1 a year - wrong phrase - pouring out a bottle a year!) They've been appropriately stored in my cellar and it's not corked (or whatever the right phrase for a screwtop wine is). I find it undrinkable (as does my wife or friends who have tried this one with us). It has sharp unpleasant notes to both our palettes. The minerality is there but none of the crispness and fruit notes others allude to. I even went back to the reviews to see what others enjoyed and it's a mystery to me. Taste is, of course, a very personal thing, but this wine gets consistently high marks for reasons that mystify. A real disappointment.
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Really a delightful modestly priced wine. Silken mouth feel, strong berry notes and smell, slightly sweet finish, drinking nicely now. Probably in its prime, will consume my other bottles over the coming year.
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Bottom half of cork crumbled when removed but wine was wonderful. Two hour decant and consumed over another 90 minutes. Smooth on the palate, very chocolate and licorice notes, wonderful wine. 92 points.
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2013 Turkey Flat Rosé
6/30/2018 - meinkep wrote: 80 Points
This wine has been a consistent disappointment to me. I purchased 6 bottles based on reviews and I don't understand the enthusiasm. From the first bottle (I've been drinking about 1 a year - wrong phrase - pouring out a bottle a year!) They've been appropriately stored in my cellar and it's not corked (or whatever the right phrase for a screwtop wine is). I find it undrinkable (as does my wife or friends who have tried this one with us). It has sharp unpleasant notes to both our palettes. The minerality is there but none of the crispness and fruit notes others allude to. I even went back to the reviews to see what others enjoyed and it's a mystery to me. Taste is, of course, a very personal thing, but this wine gets consistently high marks for reasons that mystify. A real disappointment.
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2006 Rocca di Frassinello Maremma Toscana Rocca di Frassinello
7/31/2016 - meinkep wrote: 91 Points
Really a delightful modestly priced wine. Silken mouth feel, strong berry notes and smell, slightly sweet finish, drinking nicely now. Probably in its prime, will consume my other bottles over the coming year.
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2004 Monteviejo Malbec Lindaflor
1/30/2016 - meinkep wrote:
Bottom half of cork crumbled when removed but wine was wonderful. Two hour decant and consumed over another 90 minutes. Smooth on the palate, very chocolate and licorice notes, wonderful wine. 92 points.
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