Dark garnet, bricking but still some rim clearing. Unfiltered Aromatics medium. Black fruits, mainly plum. Some old floral and later vegetal notes. Chalky minerality. No new oak apparent, but neutral oak based aging. Palate has a medium + body. Acid medium +. Alcohol medium +. Tannins medium +, medium grained and integrated. Raisin, dry rock, plums bordering on prunes. Old wood. All dark, deep, concentrated and matured. Finish has a medium + length. Balanced despite the 15% alcohol on the label. I would drink now. Has structure if one wants to see what tertiary notes will come, but fruit is towards the end on the palate. Overall a nice wine, but not really my style. Too rich and dark for me.
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Drank at journal club. Very solid wine for the $11 I paid some years back. Lots of vibrant fruit with decent acidity to back it up. Nothing too complex or interesting, but quite drinkable
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2/10/2023 - S.Wayne wrote: 90 Points
Dark garnet, bricking but still some rim clearing. Unfiltered
Aromatics medium. Black fruits, mainly plum. Some old floral and later vegetal notes. Chalky minerality. No new oak apparent, but neutral oak based aging.
Palate has a medium + body. Acid medium +. Alcohol medium +. Tannins medium +, medium grained and integrated. Raisin, dry rock, plums bordering on prunes. Old wood. All dark, deep, concentrated and matured.
Finish has a medium + length. Balanced despite the 15% alcohol on the label.
I would drink now. Has structure if one wants to see what tertiary notes will come, but fruit is towards the end on the palate.
Overall a nice wine, but not really my style. Too rich and dark for me.
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5/25/2021 - stbraunt Likes this wine: 91 Points
This still has some life left. Drank really nicely and paired well with chicken kabobs. Very intense fruit flavor.
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9/4/2018 - drycreekwhine wrote: 90 Points
Loved the dark, tart mouth feel. A nice find and steal at BevMo.
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2/24/2017 - SpoochMan wrote: 87 Points
Drank at journal club. Very solid wine for the $11 I paid some years back. Lots of vibrant fruit with decent acidity to back it up. Nothing too complex or interesting, but quite drinkable
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2/15/2015 - wtianseter wrote: 88 Points
Much better than the last bottle. Big fruit with medium oak and light to moderate tannin.
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