No notes, but remember enjoying ... crisp and deep color, decent nose, and medium to big fruit that lasted well through the finish. Definitely a future buy.
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Always a favorite, the sweet, dark fruits are well integrated with a real fullness in the mouth and distinct peppery spice. And then the rustic tannins kick in -- yum!
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My antipathy towards grenache is confirmed once again, as this wine is either 100% or near enough to qualify. Let me stress that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the wine and it strikes me as being well made and even moderate in its 13.5% alcohol. What bothers me? I think I'm just genetically encoded not to like grenache and all its manifestations. The nose has a sour quality, blended with red fruits, spice, pepper and maybe some anise. None of this would be otherwise objectionable, but for me, it's like slamming into an olfactory wall. On the palate there are initial burst of nice red berry fruit, but then it becomes a jumble of competing impressions that don't taste integrated to me, almost like too much of the wine is revealed too quickly and then there's a harsh finish, but that probably doesn't make any sense. I do not like this, Sam I Am.
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9/11/2013 - bt3680 wrote: 85 Points
Decent Taste...
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11/10/2012 - callmeacab22 wrote: 88 Points
No notes, but remember enjoying ... crisp and deep color, decent nose, and medium to big fruit that lasted well through the finish. Definitely a future buy.
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3/9/2012 - bcmatthias wrote: 84 Points
A little dusty. Some plum and spice.
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3/8/2012 - Quarked wrote: 90 Points
Always a favorite, the sweet, dark fruits are well integrated with a real fullness in the mouth and distinct peppery spice. And then the rustic tannins kick in -- yum!
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9/15/2011 - bevetroppo Does not like this wine:
My antipathy towards grenache is confirmed once again, as this wine is either 100% or near enough to qualify. Let me stress that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the wine and it strikes me as being well made and even moderate in its 13.5% alcohol. What bothers me? I think I'm just genetically encoded not to like grenache and all its manifestations. The nose has a sour quality, blended with red fruits, spice, pepper and maybe some anise. None of this would be otherwise objectionable, but for me, it's like slamming into an olfactory wall. On the palate there are initial burst of nice red berry fruit, but then it becomes a jumble of competing impressions that don't taste integrated to me, almost like too much of the wine is revealed too quickly and then there's a harsh finish, but that probably doesn't make any sense. I do not like this, Sam I Am.
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