Past its prime but still drinkable. Plummy with a little black pepper and velvety, enveloping tannins. Bottle may have been slightly corked as there was the faint hint of wet cardboard on both the nose and palate.
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Nice bottle, a good alternative for when you don't want a cab sav. My last bottle and thankfully it was better than the one before it. Great value for the woot price.
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Dark fruits on the nose and palate. Ripe plum, black cherry, blueberry, blackberry. Allspice, black pepper and cinnamon on the mid-palate segway into some heat, moderate oak and medium tannins on the spicy finish. Drank over 3 days (Vacu-vin'd between servings) and it held up nicely. Not in a hurry to finish my other 3 bottles but don't think it's getting any better, either. Starting to throw some sediment so decanting or filtering is recommended.
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2/28/2017 - ChipGreen wrote:
Past its prime but still drinkable. Plummy with a little black pepper and velvety, enveloping tannins. Bottle may have been slightly corked as there was the faint hint of wet cardboard on both the nose and palate.
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5/2/2015 - joesi16 wrote:
Nice bottle, a good alternative for when you don't want a cab sav. My last bottle and thankfully it was better than the one before it. Great value for the woot price.
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10/22/2014 - ChipGreen wrote: 87 Points
Dark fruits on the nose and palate. Ripe plum, black cherry, blueberry, blackberry. Allspice, black pepper and cinnamon on the mid-palate segway into some heat, moderate oak and medium tannins on the spicy finish.
Drank over 3 days (Vacu-vin'd between servings) and it held up nicely. Not in a hurry to finish my other 3 bottles but don't think it's getting any better, either. Starting to throw some sediment so decanting or filtering is recommended.
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5/12/2014 - CiXel wrote: 89 Points
We enjoyed this quite a bit. Rounded out but as others said may be nearing this cycles peak
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4/15/2014 - Halfeel Likes this wine: 88 Points
Quite decent mid-week quaffer. Excellent QPR at the $10/bottle price.
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