Unlike my last one, this was definitely not past its prime, not even a little bit. Laser-focused red fruit, lots of sweet tannins, smoke and spice, and a long finish. Enjoy 'em if you got 'em.
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Translucent garnet-red. Rose, cola, and spice nose. Medium bodied, sour cherry, black pepper, cranberries, fully integrated tannins, blueberries, smoke, and a medium finish. Maybe a little past its prime.
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13.8% abv. Picked this up on closeout for $13, not expecting much. Well, my expectations were greatly exceeded as this showed very well. Plenty of flavorful fruit here, made in a slightly lighter style with no noticeable oak. Loved the fleshy, unfiltered mouthfeel as well. Really nice brambly Zin flavors - I can see the Kirschenmann connection here. Really, the winemaker lets the fruit do the talking with this wine and it's high quality is showing. Too bad I only picked up two bottles - it's all gone from my source (WineX) now!
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7/1/2021 - merryberry Likes this wine: 91 Points
Unlike my last one, this was definitely not past its prime, not even a little bit. Laser-focused red fruit, lots of sweet tannins, smoke and spice, and a long finish. Enjoy 'em if you got 'em.
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1/9/2020 - merryberry Likes this wine: 89 Points
Translucent garnet-red. Rose, cola, and spice nose. Medium bodied, sour cherry, black pepper, cranberries, fully integrated tannins, blueberries, smoke, and a medium finish. Maybe a little past its prime.
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2/23/2019 - PIntag wrote: 90 Points
Excellent with BBQ pork ribs and other fixins!
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2/14/2019 - PIntag wrote: 90 Points
13.8% abv.
Picked this up on closeout for $13, not expecting much. Well, my expectations were greatly exceeded as this showed very well. Plenty of flavorful fruit here, made in a slightly lighter style with no noticeable oak. Loved the fleshy, unfiltered mouthfeel as well. Really nice brambly Zin flavors - I can see the Kirschenmann connection here. Really, the winemaker lets the fruit do the talking with this wine and it's high quality is showing. Too bad I only picked up two bottles - it's all gone from my source (WineX) now!
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1/3/2019 - jrhonda160 Likes this wine: 86 Points
Much better the second day.
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