Singapore Airlines - Business & Lounges; 6/22/2015-6/26/2015 (Sydney, Singapore, Frankfurt): {cork, 13%} Powerful spicy, peppery nose. Some blackberry fruit too, but it’s the intensity of the pepper which dominates. On the palate, tobacco and spice flavours fight it out with the pepper. It’s a bit dilute as far as red shiraz flavours go; there are medium gritty tannins, medium acid, and some earth flavours. It’s also a touch coarse overall, with blocky tannins, but it does manage some mid-palate presence which rather come in waves along the palate; the finish is dry, savoury and medium length. OK, no more.
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A whiff of barnyard (but not the good kind) and bit of that gaminess on the front end with muted ripe black plum and dried fig. The tannins were a touch harsh, not the best Rhone blend we've had.
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Pretty non-descript. Nice nose but pretty shallow after that. Some fruit on the front but little mid-palate, slightly hot on the finish belies the 13% alc.
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6/26/2015 - graemeg wrote:
Singapore Airlines - Business & Lounges; 6/22/2015-6/26/2015 (Sydney, Singapore, Frankfurt): {cork, 13%} Powerful spicy, peppery nose. Some blackberry fruit too, but it’s the intensity of the pepper which dominates. On the palate, tobacco and spice flavours fight it out with the pepper. It’s a bit dilute as far as red shiraz flavours go; there are medium gritty tannins, medium acid, and some earth flavours. It’s also a touch coarse overall, with blocky tannins, but it does manage some mid-palate presence which rather come in waves along the palate; the finish is dry, savoury and medium length. OK, no more.
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11/28/2014 - vin0vin0 wrote: 85 Points
A whiff of barnyard (but not the good kind) and bit of that gaminess on the front end with muted ripe black plum and dried fig. The tannins were a touch harsh, not the best Rhone blend we've had.
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6/17/2014 - Thomas B wrote: 85 Points
Pretty non-descript.
Nice nose but pretty shallow after that. Some fruit on the front but little mid-palate, slightly hot on the finish belies the 13% alc.
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